Tissue Economies: Blood, Organs, and Cell Lines in Late Capitalism by Catherine Waldby, Robert Mitchell

Tissue Economies: Blood, Organs, and Cell Lines in Late Capitalism

Science and Cultural Theory

Catherine Waldby, Robert Mitchell

240 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

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As new medical technologies are developed, more and more human tissues—such as skin, bones, heart valves, embryos, and stem cell lines—are stored and distributed for therapeutic and research purposes. The accelerating circulation of human tissue f...

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