Aditya Bharadwaj, Peter Glasner

Local Cells, Global Science

The Rise of Embryonic Stem Cell Research in India

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Produktbeschreibung

One of the first studies of an exciting new development in global biotechnology, this cutting-edge text examines the extent of the transnational movements of tissues, stem cells and expertise, in the developing governance framework of India.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780415396097
• ISBN-10: 0415396093
• Artikelnr.: 25684935

Autorenporträt

Aditya Bharadwaj is Lecturer in the School of Social and Political Studies at the University of Edinburgh. His principal research interest is in the area of New Reproductive and Genetic Technologies and their rapid spread in diverse global locales ranging from South Asia, North Africa to United Kingdom. Peter Glasner is Professorial Research Fellow for CESAGen at Cardiff University. His longstanding interests are in the organisation and management of the new genetics, the development of innovative health technologies, and in public participation in techno-scientific decision-making.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Local, Global and Contextual: An Introduction 2. Dis-Locations:
Local Cultures of Cells, Global Transactions in Science 3. Biosociality to
Bio-Crossings: Encounters with Embryonic Stem Cells in India 4. Sacrificial
Gifts: Infertile Citizens and the Moral Economy of Embryos 5. Miraculous
Stem Cells: The Liminal Third Space and Media Rhetoric 6. One Ethic Fits
all?: Complexities in Cross-Cultural Standardization, Bioethics and
Regulatory Protocols 7. Local Cells, Global Science: Some Concluding
Considerations