Differing routes to stem cell research
Subtitle: Germany and Italy
By: edited by Renato G. Mazzolini, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger
Series: Annali dell'Istituto storico italo-germanico in Trento. Contributi -- 26; Annali dell'Istituto storico italo-germanico in Trento -- 26.
Publisher: Societa editrice il Mulino; Duncker & Humblot
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bologna; Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9783428138494; 9788815238788
Subjects: Congresses; Stem cells; Research
Notes: "Proceedings of the conference 'Differing Routes towards Stem Cell Research : German and Italy', coordinated by Rentao G. Mazzolini and Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, Trento, September 2010"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction:; title: The weight of the past  -- Renato G. Mazzolini.; title: A revolution in biology?  -- Hans-Jörg Rheinberger -- Historical Perspectives:; title: Where does stem cell research stem from? A terminological analysis of the first ninety years  -- Ariane Dröscher.; title: Stem cells, reversibility and reprogramming : historical perspective  -- Christina Brandt -- The German Case:; title: The public debate on stem cells research in Germany. "Und bloss kein Dammbruch" / "For heaven's sake avoid a breach of the dam"  -- Alexandra Schwarzkopf.; title: Legal developments in stem cell research in Germany  -- Jochen Taupitz.; title: Stem cell research in Germany with specific regard to human embryonic stem cells  -- Anna M. Wobus and Peter Löser -- The Italian Case:; title: Embedding society in cells : science, ethics and politics in the Italian public debate on stem cell research  -- Lorenzo Beltrame.; title: Stem cells and the structuring of the Italian biopolity  -- Giuseppe Testa.; title: Stem cells : the Italian way to bioethics -- Luca Marini.