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The pluralization of the international : resistance and alter-standardization in regenerative stem cell medicine
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Rosemann, Achim and Chaisinthop, Nattaka (2016) The pluralization of the international : resistance and alter-standardization in regenerative stem cell medicine. Social Studies of Science, 46 (1). pp. 112-139. doi:10.1177/0306312715619783
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306312715619783
Abstract
The article explores the formation of an international politics of resistance and ‘alter-standardization’ in regenerative stem cell medicine. The absence of internationally harmonized regulatory frameworks in the clinical stem cell field and the presence of lucrative business opportunities have resulted in the formation of transnational networks adopting alternative research standards and practices. These oppose, as a universal global standard, strict evidence-based medicine clinical research protocols as defined by scientists and regulatory agencies in highly developed countries. The emergence of transnational spaces of alter-standardization is closely linked to scientific advances in rapidly developing countries such as China and India, but calls for more flexible regulatory frameworks, and the legitimization of experimental for-profit applications outside of evidence-based medical care, are emerging increasingly also within more stringently regulated countries, such as the USA and countries in the European Union. We can observe, then, a trend toward the pluralization of the standards, practices, and concepts in the stem cell field.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Clinical trials, Evidence-based medicine, Regenerative medicine , Stem cells | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Social Studies of Science | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0306-3127 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | February 2016 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 46 | ||||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 112-139 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1177/0306312715619783 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||||||
| Funder: | European Research Council (ERC), Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) | ||||||||
| Grant number: | 283219 (ERC), ES/I018107/1 (ESRC) | ||||||||
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