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Discusses key concepts such as the material politics of science, constitutive relationality, nonhuman agency, craftwork, and continuum of instrumentality and care
Traces the political and economic expectations placed upon stem cell research in translating human stem cells from the laboratory to the clinic and to the pharmaceutical market
Discusses the future of stem cell science in the age of bioindustrialization and large-scale cell banking
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Clinical Translation
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Experimentation
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Tissue Donation
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About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
Mianna Meskus
About the author
Mianna Meskus is Associate Professor at the University of Tampere, Finland. Her research explores technoscientific shaping of humanity from various perspectives, including reproduction, gender, biomedicine, politics and ethics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Craft in Biomedical Research
Book Subtitle: The iPS Cell Technology and the Future of Stem Cell Science
Authors: Mianna Meskus
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-46910-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-47552-7Published: 21 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-46910-6Published: 21 May 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 240
Number of Illustrations: 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Science and Technology Studies, Medical Sociology, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics