Discard studies have demonstrated that waste is more than just a symptom of an all-too-
human demand for meaning or a merely technical problem for sanitary engineers and public …

This paper examines an emerging bioeconomy centred on the international banking and
trade in cord blood. Since the late 1980s cord blood has been used in an expanding range …

Cryopreservation attracts attention as a practice grounded in high expectations: current life
is suspended for future use—to generate life, to save life, and to resurrect life. But what …

Umbilical cord blood (CB) has become established as an increasingly viable clinical
alternative to bone marrow in the treatment of leukaemia leading to the construction of a …

Abstract Der Beitrag stellt Ausgangsüberlegungen des Projekts CRYOSOCIETIES vor, das
vom Europäischen Forschungsrat gefördert wird. Das Projekt untersucht die …

Эта книга–результат исследований, проведённых авторским коллективом по
поручению различных министерств и ведомств в течение ряда лет. Среди них …

Two energy-generating technologies in Britain which transform waste into a resource are
compared. One is the (in) famous Combined Heat and Power incinerator in Sheffield, the …

Umbilical cord blood (UCB) has become the focus of intense efforts to collect, screen and
bank haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in hundreds of repositories around the world. UCB …

Umbilical cord blood (UCB) is an important source for stem cells used in clinical treatments.
For this purpose, UCB has to be collected at birth and stored in biobanks. The discourse …

One of the most intriguing bio-objects in the emerging field of regenerative medicine is
umbilical cord blood. Employed in existing haematological therapies, but also loaded with …