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Scientific Craftwork in the Age of Bioindustrialization

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The concluding chapter summarizes the results of the study, links back to discussion on ethnographic methodology introduced in Chap. 1, and discusses the future of stem cell science in the age of bioindustrialization and large-scale cell banking. Given that biomedical craftwork lies at the heart of the material politics of research, it offers an entry point to the implications of turning biology into technology and attempts to extract economic and other types of value from donated, patient-specific biological material. This chapter highlights the importance of considering the practical challenges and ethical concerns that arise when concrete connections between donors, researchers, and cellular tools get transformed as part of current effort to make experimental research faster, more effective, and applicable for industrial needs.

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Meskus, M. (2018). Scientific Craftwork in the Age of Bioindustrialization. In: Craft in Biomedical Research. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-46910-6_7

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