The global politics of human embryonic stem cell science : regenerative medicine in transition / Herbert Gottweis, Brian Salter, and Catherine Waldby.

Houndmills, Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

viii, 225 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Globalization, stem cell markets and national interests -- Embryos, ocytes, cell lines : HESC science and the human tissue market -- Global regulation and local policy narratives : making sense of Dolly -- From Dolly to therapies : stem cell regulations in the making I : the United Kingdom and the United States -- From Dolly to therapies : stem cell regulations in the making II : Germany, Italy, Japan, and South Korea -- Bioethics and the global moral economy of human embryonic stem cell science -- Human ESC science and the cultural politics of the EU's framework programmes -- Contested governance : uncertainty and standardization in research and patenting.