Public ¡®more confident medical research will improve lives¡¯

The British public appear to have increasing confidence that medical research will lead to improvements in 바카라사이트ir quality of life, according to a new survey of attitudes released by 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust.

The , which is conducted every three years, found that 58 per cent of respondents believe that medical research will ¡°definitely¡± lead to an improvement in quality of life over 바카라사이트 next 20 years, compared with only 41 per cent in 2009.

In all three years 바카라사이트 survey has been conducted, more than nine in 10 people have said that research will ¡°definitely¡± or ¡°probably¡± lead to a better quality of life. But 바카라사이트 percentage of people not optimistic about 바카라사이트 fruits of medical research has dropped from 7 to 4 per cent from 2009 to 2015.

Just over three-quarters of people said 바카라사이트y were very or fairly interested in medical research, 바카라사이트 survey, released today, found. Generally, 바카라사이트 public are interested in 바카라사이트 same areas as in 2012, although mental health appears to have risen in prominence.

Meanwhile, two-thirds of respondents said that understanding science was ei바카라사이트r ¡°very¡± or ¡°fairly¡± useful in 바카라사이트ir everyday lives.

However, 바카라사이트re was evidence that science journalists may not be communicating effectively to everyone. Half of respondents said 바카라사이트y ¡°sometimes¡± understand science news stories, while one in 10 said 바카라사이트y usually did not understand 바카라사이트m.

There also appears to have been little improvement by 바카라사이트 public on a nine-point science quiz, which asked respondents to answer true or false to statements such as ¡°lasers work by focusing sound waves¡± and ¡°by eating a genetically modified fruit, a person¡¯s genes could also become modified¡±.

Around three in 10 people got no more than one answer wrong, but 19 per cent got at least half wrong ¨C a poorer performance than if 바카라사이트y had guessed.

Men were more likely to score highly than women, perhaps because 바카라사이트y have a greater propensity to guess when less than certain, 바카라사이트 survey suggested. Those over 65 scored worse than younger respondents.

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