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Regenerating bodies

Kent, Julie, 1957-

Regenerating bodies tissue and cell therapies in the twenty-first century / [electronic resource] : Julie Kent. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2012. - xiv, 217 p. : ill. - Genetics and society . - Genetics and society. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-208) and index.

1. Commodifying tissues and cells : the new tissue economies -- 2. Regenerative medicine : a paradigm shift? -- 3. Regulation and governance of tissue- and cell-based therapies in Europe : ethical controversy and the politics of risk -- 4. A 'strict but permissive approach': a case study of UK regulation of human-tissue and cell therapies -- 5. 'Football fields of skin': a masculinist dream? -- 6. Remaking the self -- 7. Life, death and immortality.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9780203332566 (e-book : PDF)


Regenerative medicine--Moral and ethical aspects.
Stem cells--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical technology--Forecasting.
Feminism and science.


Electronic books.