Franklin, Sarah (2006) Embryonic economies: the double reproductive value of stem cells. BioSocieties, 1 (1). pp. 71-90. ISSN 1745-8552
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Abstract
Human Embryonic Stem (hES) cell research has met with a mixed reception internationally, but in the UK remains a significant national priority. Management of what is called the ‘national embryo supply’ in the UK involves new forms of governance at the ‘IVF-Stem cell Interface’, where questions about the provenance of donated embryos, including the ethics of their sourcing, are at a premium. This article explores the question of embryo donation to stem cell research from the perspective of the increasing proximity of IVF and hES cell derivation, using a model of ‘double reproductive value’ to explore what forms of exchange and flow are occurring, and how these are defined and negotiated in the context of a national hES cell coordination network of practitioners.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJourna... |
| Additional Information: | (c) 2006 Cambridge University Press. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Embryo donation; IVF; Stem cells; Informed consent; Reproduction |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
| Sets: | Research centres and groups > BIOS (Centre for the Study of Bioscience, Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Society) Departments > Sociology |
| Rights: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/943/ |
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