This book charts the social and cultural history of the scientific technique known as ‘tissue culture’. It shows how tissue culture was a regular public presence in twentieth-century Britain, and argues that history can contribute to current debates surrounding research on human and animal tissue.
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List of Figures Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction ‘Make Dry Bones Live’: Tissue Culture at the Cambridge Research Hospital ‘Could You Love a Chemical Baby?’ Organ Culture in Interwar Britain Converting Human Material into Tissue Culture, c.1910–70 ‘A Cell is Not an Animal’: Negotiating Species in the 1960s and 1970s Nobody’s Thing? Consent, Ownership and the Politics of Tissue Culture Epilogue: Tissues in Culture Notes Bibliography IndexTentang Penulis
DUNCAN WILSON is a Wellcome Trust Researcher at the University of Manchester, UK, and is a Historian of Biology and Medicine in twentieth-century Britain. His research looks at the history of tissue culture, debates on animal behaviour, academic reforms of biological science, and the emergence of bioethics in Britain and the United States.Beli ebook ini dan dapatkan 1 lagi GRATIS!
Bahasa Inggris ● Format PDF ● Halaman 183 ● ISBN 9780230307513 ● Ukuran file 1.6 MB ● Penerbit Palgrave Macmillan UK ● Kota London ● Negara GB ● Diterbitkan 2011 ● Diunduh 24 bulan ● Mata uang EUR ● ID 4969115 ● Perlindungan salinan DRM sosial