title: The Budapest Meeting 2005 intensified networking on ethics of science: the case of reproductive cloning, germline gene therapy and human dignity.
abstract: This paper reports on the meeting of the Sounding Board of the EU Reprogenetics Project that was held in Budapest, Hungary, 6-9 November 2005. The Reprogenetics Project runs from 2004 until 2007 and has a brief to study the ethical aspects of human reproductive cloning and germline gene therapy. Discussions during The Budapest Meeting are reported in depth in this paper as well as the initiatives to involve the participating groups and others in ongoing collaborations with the goal of forming an integrated network of European resources in the fields of ethics of science.
authors.affiliation: International Forum for Biophilosophy, Craenendonck 15, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. guido.vansteendam@biophilosophy.be
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Van Steendam
authors.forename: András
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dinnyés
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mallet
authors.forename: Rolando
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meloni
authors.forename: Carlos Romeo
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Casabona
authors.forename: Jorge Guerra
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kure
authors.forename: Eörs
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Szathmáry
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vorstenbosch
authors.forename: Péter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Molnár
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Edbrooke
authors.forename: Judit
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sándor
authors.forename: Ferenc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Oberfrank
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cole-Turner
authors.forename: István
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hargittai
authors.forename: Beate
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Littig
authors.forename: Miltos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ladikas
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mordini
authors.forename: Hans E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Roosendaal
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salvi
authors.forename: Balázs
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gulyás
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Malpede
mesh_terms: D019976:Cloning, Organism / Q000941:ethics*; D005060:Europe; D015316:Genetic Therapy / Q000941:ethics*; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D012099:Reproductive Techniques / Q000941:ethics*