Local cells, global science : the rise of embryonic stem cell research in India / Aditya Bharadwaj and Peter Glasner.

London : Routledge, 2009.

vii, 140 pages ; 25 cm.

The local, global and contextual : an introduction -- Dis-locations : local cultures of cells, global transactions in science -- Biosociality to bio-crossings : encounters with embryonic stem cells in India -- Sacrificial gifts : infertile citizens and the moral economy of embryos -- Miraculous stem cells : the liminal third space and media rhetoric -- One ethic fits all? : complexities in cross-cultural standardization, bioethics and regulatory protocols.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-136) and index.