Local cells, global science:the rise of embryonic stem cell research in India

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bharadwaj Aditya 1971-
Group Author: Glasner Peter E
Published: Routledge,
Publisher Address: London New York
Publication Dates: 2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Genetics and society
Subjects:
Carrier Form: vii, 140 p.: ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9780415396097 (hbk)
0415396093 (hbk)
9780203891032 (ebk)
0203891031 (ebk)
Index Number: R321
CLC: R321
Call Number: R321/B575
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-136) and index.
The local, global and contextual : an introduction -- Dis-locations : local cultures of cells, global transactions in science -- Biosociality to bio-crossings : encounters with embryonic stem cells in India -- Sacrificial gifts : infertile citizens and the moral economy of embryos -- Miraculous stem cells : the liminal third space and media rhetoric -- One ethic fits all? : complexities in cross-cultural standardization, bioethics and regulatory protocols.