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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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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
Subjects: Q Science > QH Natural history
R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
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
Dates:
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February 2016Published
27 December 2015Available
3 November 2015Accepted
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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