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27%OFFPriscilla Song - Biomedical Odysseys: Fetal Cell Experiments from Cyberspace to China - 9780691174785 - V9780691174785
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Biomedical Odysseys: Fetal Cell Experiments from Cyberspace to China

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Description for Biomedical Odysseys: Fetal Cell Experiments from Cyberspace to China Paperback. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture and Technology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 halftones. 9 line illus. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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 scientists back home in order to stake their futures on a Chinese experiment. Biomedical Odysseys looks at why and how these individuals have entrusted their lives to Chinese neurosurgeons operating on the forefront of experimental medicine, in a world where technologies and risks move faster than laws can keep ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Princeton Studies in Culture and Technology
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691174785
SKU
V9780691174785
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About Priscilla Song
Priscilla Song is assistant professor of anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis.

Reviews for Biomedical Odysseys: Fetal Cell Experiments from Cyberspace to China
Song's pathbreaking ethnography interweaves China and medical anthropology with science, technology, and society studies. It details how, in the age of social media, desperately ill North Americans and a charismatic Chinese physician have helped a new field of bioscience in China emerge. Opening windows onto spheres of life and clinical care that few have examined, Song's stunning work will be ... Read more

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