Biomedical Odysseys: Fetal Cell Experiments from Cyberspace to China
(Paperback)
Available Formats
Publishing Details
Biomedical Odysseys: Fetal Cell Experiments from Cyberspace to China
By (Author) Priscilla Song
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
24th July 2017
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Health, illness and addiction: social aspects
Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences
Biotechnology
Medical ethics and professional conduct
Neurology and clinical neurophysiology
Neurosciences
Physical Properties
Paperback
320
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
482g
Description
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
Reviews
"Winner of the 2018 Francis L.K. Hsu Book Prize, Society for East Asian Anthropology of the American Anthropological Association"
Author Bio
Priscilla Song is assistant professor of anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis.
