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Vast majority of Americans expect lab-grown organs to be commonplace within 50 years

Friday, April 18th, 2014 | Permalink

All Sites A fascinating survey of U.S. views and attitudes toward technological developments within the next 50 years reveals that eight in 10 Americans expect that people needing new organs will have them custom grown in a lab. They are not as welcoming to other technological developments, however. Sixty-five percent think it would be a change for the worse if lifelike robots become primary caregivers for the elderly and people with health conditions, and a little more than half are not enamored by the development of wearable devices or implants that connect them with the world. read more

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Vast majority of Americans expect lab-grown organs to be commonplace within 50 years