The Global Politics of Embryonic Stem Cell Science

by Herbert Gottweis, Brian Salter, Cathy Waldby

Regenerative medicine is a field characterized by a global struggle for scientific, economic and national advantage. Drawing on a wide range of interviews, primary and secondary sources, this book investigates the dynamic interactions between national regulatory formation and the global biopolitics of regenerative medicine and human embryonic stem cell science. Today governments are under intense competitive pressure to fund and develop attractive national environments for embryonic stem cell science, which promises both to improve the health and productivity of ageing populations and to develop therapies for global health markets.

234 pages, Hardcover

First published April 17, 2007