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Synopsis
This book will present a multi-sited ethnography examining the latest 'revolution' in stem cell research and its societal, ethical, and political implications. The author examines the nexus between mundane laboratory work and ethical practices concerning research in stem cells, and patient experiences of the donation of cells for the development of new drugs and treatment techniques. In doing so the book reveals the politicization and commercialization of human biology and regulatory processes.
Synopsis
1. Introduction
Part I: Clinical Translation
2. Human Cells to the Market3. Between Craft and Standardized Production
Part II: Experimentation
4. Making iPS Cells in the Laboratory5. Instrumentality and Care in Experimental Research
Part III: Tissue Donation
6. Patients and the Material Origins of Knowledge7. Scientific Craftwork in the Age of Bioindustrialization.