Global Perspectives on Stem Cell Technologies
This book takes as its point of departure a humble cell lying on the intersection of ideas as diverse and yet interlaced as life, knowledge, commerce, governance, and ethics. It seeks to deepen the understanding of stem cell entities and the concerns, hop
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Stem Cell Technologies EDITED BY ADITYA BHARADWAJ
Global Perspectives on Stem Cell Technologies “Stem cells circulate the globe today in settings where patient desperation confronts regulatory confusion and commercial expectation bumps up against ethical ambiguity. In Bharadwaj’s fearless editorial hands, the intersection of these forces, centering on novel Indian therapies, comes alive through voices ranging from academic and reflective to passionate and deeply personal. The book may haunt, destabilize or challenge. It will not bore.” —Sheila Jasnoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government
Aditya Bharadwaj Editor
Global Perspectives on Stem Cell Technologies
Editor Aditya Bharadwaj Department of Anthropology and Sociology Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Geneva, Switzerland
ISBN 978-3-319-63786-0 ISBN 978-3-319-63787-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63787-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017954290 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: © Henry Petrides Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword: Good Science, Better Patients
In my 2013 book, Good Science: The Ethical Choreography of Stem Cell Research (MIT Press),1 I characterized the current era as one in which two kinds of “good science” go together to drive highly capitalized biomedical innovation: “good science” as in reproducible, reliable, and robust method and knowledge, and “good science” as in freighted with ethical questions such as the moral status of embryos or how
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