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The project XENO will increase public involvement in
debates on ethical aspects of xenotransplantation of
organs (XTP). It has the following goals: to introduce
and evaluate in three EU countries an instrument of
public debate (i.e. Neo Socratic Dialogue, NSD) to reflect
the ethical basis and consequences of XTP. XENO shall:
raise the awareness and sensitivity of stakeholders
and the concerned public for ethical problems of XTP;
reflect the ethical basis and consequences of XTP; clarify
responsibilities of stakeholders; provide information
for decision makers; improve communicative patterns
and capabilities of key actors to cope with ethical
questions. Moreover, XENO will analyse similarities
and differences between the NSD in the three countries
and clarify to which extent NSD is an appropriate instrument
to raise public awareness for ethical problems of modern
science and technology.
XENO lasts 24 months and involves 4 partners from Austria,
Germany and Spain. The Members of the XENO consortium
come from wide range of disciplines: biology, technical
biology, biomedicine, chemistry, chemical engineering,
pedagogy, theology, philosophy and sociology.
• The Neo Socratic Dialogue (NSD);
• The evaluation of the NSD and the monitoring
of international XTP development;
• Dissemination of the results of the NSD and of
project results.
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