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Biomedical Odysseys: Fetal Cell Experiments from Cyberspace to China
Priscilla Song
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Description for Biomedical Odysseys: Fetal Cell Experiments from Cyberspace to China
Hardback. 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
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
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Studies in Culture and Technology
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691174778
SKU
V9780691174778
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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
"Winner of the 2018 Francis L.K. Hsu Book Prize, Society for East Asian Anthropology of the American Anthropological Association"