Beschreibung:
One of the first studies of an exciting new development in global biotechnology, this cutting-edge text examines the extent of the transnational movements of tissues, stem cells and expertise, in the developing governance framework of India.
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