Local cells, global science : the rise of embryonic stem cell research in India / Aditya Bharadwaj and Peter Glasner.

  • Bharadwaj, Aditya, 1971-
Date:
2009
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Publication/Creation

London : Routledge, 2009.

Physical description

vii, 140 pages ; 25 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-136) and index.

Contents

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.

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    QH588.S83 2009B53l
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  • 9780415396097
  • 0415396093
  • 9780203891032