Cover image for Tissue economies : blood, organs, and cell lines in late capitalism
Tissue economies : blood, organs, and cell lines in late capitalism
Title:
Tissue economies : blood, organs, and cell lines in late capitalism
Author:
Waldby, Cathy.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2006.
Physical Description:
viii, 231 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:
English
Contents:
Blood banks, risk, and autologous donation: the gift of blood to oneself -- Disentangling the embryonic gift: the UK stem cell bank -- The laws of mo(o)re: waste, biovalue, and information ecologies -- Umbilical cord blood: waste, gift, venture capital -- Commodity-communities and corporate commons -- Real-time demand: information, regeneration, and organ markets -- Conclusion: the future of tissue economies.
ISBN:
9780822337577

9780822337706
Format :
Book