Comparement of knowledge and attitudes toward genetic therapy among students of faculties

Genetsko zdravljenje ponuja številne nove in bolj učinkovite načine zdravljenja, zato predstavlja enega največjih obetov v medicini. Po drugi strani pa njegova uporaba odpira številne pomisleke in etična vprašanja na katera ni enostavnih in lahkih odgovorov. Ker so stališča zelo pomembna v razvoju in sprejemanju novih metod in tehnik, smo se odločili, da z anketo raziščemo, kakšno je znanje in kakšna so stališča ter mnenja študentov različnih mariborskih fakultet do tega dela moderne biotehnologije in kakšne so razlike med njimi. Ugotovili smo, da študenti posedujejo znanje o genetiki, da pa si večina postopkov genetskega zdravljenja ne zna predstavljati, saj razpolagajo s premalo informacijami in so zato večinoma neopredeljeni glede predstavljenih primerov uporabe genetskega zdravljenja.Genetic treatment offers numerous innovative and more effective manners of medical therapy therefore it represents one of the biggest prospects in medical science. On the other hand its use opens certain reservations and ethical issues that are left without the corresponding simple answers. Standpoints are very important in the development and admitting of new methods and techniques. Therefore we have decided to do a research of knowledge and standpoints on this area of modern biotechnology among the students of different faculties of the University of Maribor (as well as the differences between them). We have learned that although the students do possess certain knowledge about genetics most of them do not have a notion of the process of genetic treatment, because they do not obtain enough information and are for that reason mostly undefined about the presented cases of the usage of genetic treatment