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Regenerating Bodies - Tissue and Cell Therapies in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)
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Regenerating Bodies - Tissue and Cell Therapies in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)
Series: Genetics and Society
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This exciting book examines how human tissues and cells are being
exchanged, commodified and commercialized by new health
technologies. Through a discussion of emergent global tissue
economies' the author explores the social dynamics of innovation in
the fields of tissue engineering and stem cell science. The book
explores how regenerative medicine configures and conceptualizes
bodies and argues that the development of regenerative medicine is
a feminist issue. In Regenerating Bodies, Kent critically examines
the transformative potential of regenerative medicine and whether
it represents a paradigm shift from more traditional forms of
biomedicine. The book shows that users of these technologies are
gendered and women's bodies are enrolled in the production of them
in particular ways. So what is the value of a feminist bioethics
for thinking about the ethical issues at stake? Drawing on
extensive qualitative field research, Kent examines the issues
around donation, procurement, banking and engineering of human
tissues, and presents an analysis of the regulatory and policy
debates surrounding these practices within Europe and the UK. The
book considers the claims that regenerative medicine represents
exciting possibilities for treating the diseases of ageing bodies,
critically assessing what kind of futures are embodied in tissue
and cell based therapies. It will be of interest to a wide range of
scholars and students within the social sciences, in health
technology studies, bioethics, feminist studies, and gender and
health studies.
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