Biomedical Odysseys - Fetal Cell Experiments From Cyberspace to China

Zusatztext "Winner of the 2018 Francis L.K. Hsu Book Prize! Society for East Asian Anthropology of the American Anthropological Association" Informationen zum Autor Priscilla Song is assistant professor of anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis. Zusammenfassung Thousands of people from more than eighty countries have traveled to China since 2001 to undergo fetal cell transplantation. Galvanized by the potential of stem and fetal cells to regenerate damaged neurons and restore lost bodily functions, people grappling with paralysis and neurodegenerative disorders have ignored the warnings of doctors and sci

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• Authors: Priscilla Song, Song Priscilla
• Assisted by: Tom Boellstorff (Editor), Bill Maurer (Editor)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.05.2017
• EAN: 9780691174778
• ISBN: 978-0-691-17477-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Princeton Studies in Culture a; Princeton Studies in Culture and Technology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; neurosurgery, Medical research, MEDICAL / Ethics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, Anthropology, MEDICAL / Neuroscience, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, MEDICAL / Biotechnology, biotechnology, Diseases & disorders, Neurosciences, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct, Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences