Title Tissue economies : blood, organs, and cell lines in late capitalism / Catherine Waldby and Robert Mitchell

Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2006

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Description viii, 231 pages Series Science and cultural theory Science and cultural theory. Contents Blood banks, risk, and autologous donation: the gift of blood to oneself -- Disentangling the embryonic gift: the UK stem cell bank -- The laws of mo(o)re: waste, biovalue, and information ecologies -- Umbilical cord blood: waste, gift, venture capital -- Commodity-communities and corporate commons -- Real-time demand: information, regeneration and organ markets Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Tissue banks -- Economic aspects. Tissue banks -- Political aspects. Tissue banks -- Moral and ethical aspects. Preservation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Economic aspects. Preservation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Political aspects. Preservation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects. Tissue Donors -- psychology. Altruism. Capitalism. Cross-Cultural Comparison. Social Responsibility. Tissue and Organ Procurement -- economics. Tissue and Organ Procurement -- organization & administration. SUBJECT United Kingdom. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006113 United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 Author Mitchell, Robert, 1969- LC no. 2005025993 ISBN 0822337703 0822337576 cloth alkaline paper

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