Blood in the archive : rethinking the public umbilical cord blood bank

The collection of umbilical cord blood (UCB), a source of clinically-useful stem cells, has become a highly strategised process known as ‘banking’, with 160 banks globally. State-funded public banks rely on unremunerated donations of UCB from women. STS scholarship has explored the broader ethical a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Rosalind
Other Authors: Brown, Nik ; Reed, Kate
Published: University of York 2015
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.682325