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The Global Dynamics of Regenerative Medicine

A Social Science Critique

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  • © 2013

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  1. Andrew Webster

    1. University of York, UK

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Part of the book series: Health, Technology and Society (HTE)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction: The Boundaries and Mobilities of Regenerative Medicine

    • Andrew Webster
    Pages 1-17

  3. Regenerative Medicine at a Global Level: Current Patterns and Global Trends

    • Graham Lewis
    Pages 18-57

  4. Biocapital and Innovation Paths: The Exploitation of Regenerative Medicine

    • Michael Morrison, Stuart Hogarth, Beth Kewell
    Pages 58-87

  5. Unruly Objects: Novel Innovation Paths, and Their Regulatory Challenge

    • Christian Haddad, Haidan Chen, Herbert Gottweis
    Pages 88-117

  6. Procuring Tissue: Regenerative Medicine, Oocyte Mobilisation, and Feminist Politics

    • Susanne Schultz, Kathrin Braun
    Pages 118-149

  7. Cloning and the Oviedo Convention: The Socio-cultural Construction of Regulation

    • Itziar Alkorta, Inigo Miguel Beriain, David Rodríguez-Arias
    Pages 150-168

  8. The Multiplicity of Norms: The Bioethics and Law of Stem Cell Patents

    • Judit Sándor, Marton Varju
    Pages 169-193

  9. Governing Innovation Paths in Regenerative Medicine: The European and Global Struggle for Political Advantage

    • Brian Salter
    Pages 194-216

  10. Conclusion: Regenerative Medicine — A New Paradigm?

    • Andrew Webster
    Pages 217-227

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 228-229
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Regenerative medicine, encompassing stem cells and tissue engineering, has attracted huge interest within commercial, clinical and government circles, and promises to change medicine itself. This book provides the first detailed examination and critical assessment of the field to be made by social science.

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  • University of York, UK

    Andrew Webster

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Itziar Alkorta, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain Inigo Miguel Beriain, University of Deusto and University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain Kathrin Braun, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany Haidan Chen, National University of Singapore Herbert Gottweis, University of Vienna, Austria Christian Haddad, University of Vienna, Austria Stuart Hogarth, King's College London, UK Beth Kewell, University of Stavanger, Norway Graham Lewis, University of York, UK Michael Morrison, University of Exeter, UK David Rodríguez-Arias, Spanish National Research Council (CCHS-CSIC), Spain Brian Salter, King's College London, UK Sándor, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary Susanne Schultz, Goethe University, Germany Marton Varju, University of Hull, UK

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