Characterizing Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Biological and Social Markers of Identity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2278146 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linda F Hogle (0009-0000-6792-0715, University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 433-450 |
| Publication date | 2010-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Anthropology Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0745-5194 • E-ISSN: 1548-1387 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2010.01117.x |
| PMID | 21322405 |
| OpenAlex | W1870204779 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 24 |
Human embryonic stem cells are elusive, recalcitrant entities that resist characterization and standardization. Without agreements about what the cells are and how best to systematize cell culture and testing, data cannot be extracted meaningfully, the nascent field will be slow to stabilize, and significantly, there may be safety risks for patients. I discuss efforts to characterize cells definitively and standardize practices across uniquely derived lines, labs, and researchers. I argue that such efforts are made more complicated by layered identities imposed on them by classification conventions, interactions with researchers and laboratory environments, and inheritances from genetic ancestry. The need to understand and possibly capitalize on such distinct, cumulative identities is in tension with the desire to stabilize the field under conditions of political and scientific uncertainty. The article links STS work on standardization with anthropological perspectives on identity and material culture in science
Aesthetics · Biology · Embryonic stem cell · Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Gene · Identity (music · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Standardization · Biomedical Ethics and Regulation · CRISPR and Genetic Engineering · Engineering · Law · Pluripotent Stem Cells Research · Biotechnology · Genetics
Modeling the ‘patient cell
Reproductive Entanglements
Committee Work: Stem Cell Governance in the United States
Moral Ambiguities: Fleshy and Digital Substitutes in the Life Sciences
Enacting Authenticity: Changing Ontologies of Biological Entities
Introduction to the special issue
The Texture of the Real
A donor by no name is just another number? The management of anonymity in US cryobanks
Standardization as performative accountability in biobanking
Adoptable packages and the cost of their adoption
Making Cells Worthwhile
Democratic Situations
Enculturating Cells
Culturing Life
The Right Tools for the Job
Standards and Person‐Making in East Central Europe
Sorting Things Out
Purity and Danger
Governance-by-standards in the field of stem cells
Standardizing the Unknown
Pragmatic Objectivity and the Standardization of Engineered Tissues
Regulatory objectivity and the generation and management of evidence in medicine
A Matter of Facs
| Citations per year | 0.87 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |