Local cells, global science:the rise of embryonic stem cell research in India
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Routledge,
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Publisher Address: | London New York |
Publication Dates: | 2009. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Genetics and society |
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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. |