Regenerating Bodies: Tissue and Cell Therapies in the Twenty-First Century

by Julie Kent

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415688817
• ISBN13: 9780415688819
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"