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