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Changing attitudes to biotechnology in Japan

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Support for biotechnology in Japan is declining, although it remains higher than the US or Europe.

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We thank Chika Takeda and Tomoyuki Watanabe for their assistance in conducting the 2000 survey, and to the other contributors acknowledged in previous surveys7.

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  1. associate professor at the Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba Science City, 305-8572, Japan

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  2. lecturer at Ateneo de Manila University, Manila, The Philippines

    Mary Ann Chen Ng

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