Local Cells, Global Science
The Rise of Embryonic Stem Cell Research in India
Series: Genetics and Society
List Price: $150.00
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-39609-7
- Binding: Hardback
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 09/29/2008
- Pages: 152
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Table of Contents
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


