title: The public's belief about biology.
abstract: This short review is concerned with a topic that has been neglected and is still very poorly understood: what the general public think and believe about biology (including health and medicine, and bioethics), and, in particular, about biotechnology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK. l.wolpert@ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wolpert
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D026688:Bioethical Issues; D001675:Bioethics / Q000639:trends*; D001695:Biology / Q000639:trends*; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000639:trends*; D019976:Cloning, Organism; D003469:Culture; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D004989:Ethics; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D011639:Public Opinion