The Matrix of Stem Cell Research: An Approach to Rethinking Science in Society

ISBN-13: 9781138098527 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 214 str.

Christine Hauskeller; Arne Manzeschke; Anja Pichl

Opis

This multi-disciplinary book presents the current state of stem cell science in society, twenty years on from the first cultivation of human embryonic stem cells and ten years after the invention of genetically altered human stem cells.

Spis treści

1. Knowledge and Normativity: A Matrix of Disciplines and Practices  2. Big Promise, Big Business: The Socio-Cultural and Regulatory Dynamics of Stem Cell Tourism  3. The Bioeconomies of Stem Cell Research  4. Science, Ethics and Patents: Ethically-Motivated Barriers to the Patenting of the Results of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research  5. Current Developments in Human Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation  6. In-vivo Reprogramming: A New Era in Regenerative Medicine  7. Modeling Human Neurodegeneration Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells  8. Stem Cell Biology: A Conceptual Overview  9. What Keeps an Outdated Stem Cell Concept Alive? A Search for Traces in Science and Society  10. Mapping Laboratories and Pinpointing Intentions: The Entanglement of Audit and Reproducibility in the STAP Case  11. The Ethics of Embryonic Stem Cell Research in Turkey: Exploring the Moral Reasoning of Muslim Scholars  12. Balancing Social Justice and Risk Management in the Governance of Gene Drive Technology: Lessons from Stem Cell Research