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Remaking the body? Scientists' genetic discourses and practices as examples of changing expectations on embryonic stem cell therapy for diabetes

机译:重塑身体?科学家的遗传学话语和实践,例如对糖尿病胚胎干细胞疗法的期望不断变化的例子

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In this paper we discuss genetic discourses and practices in stem cell science. We report on how biomedical scientists, in both the UK and the USA, view the scientific literature and their own experimental research in the emerging field of human embryonic stem (hES) cells. We focus on the genetic manipulation of stem cells to make specialised (beta) cells as a potential cure for diabetes. We draw on Gieryn 's notion of boundary work as an analytical motif, and suggest this is a productive way to theorize boundary crossings in the shifting landscapes of expectations in the field of new medical technologies. We argue that initial expectations of a revolution in regenerative medicine have been damped down by the difficulties of making insulin producingpancreatic beta cells from stem cells. We contend the consequent shifts in expectations have led to the emergence of other more radical experimental strategies (such as using oncogenes) in the search for potential cures for Type 1 diabetes. In conclusion, we argue that regenerative medicine is a fruitful example of the shaping of contested biomedical landscapes and we contend that embryonic stem cells are a productive case study of the interactions between genetics, science and society.
机译:在本文中,我们讨论了干细胞科学中的遗传学话语和实践。我们报道了英国和美国的生物医学科学家如何看待人类胚胎干细胞(hES)新兴领域中的科学文献和他们自己的实验研究。我们专注于干细胞的基因操作,以制造专门的β细胞,作为治疗糖尿病的潜在方法。我们将Gieryn的边界工作概念作为分析主题,并建议这是一种在新医学技术领域不断变化的期望格局中理论化边界穿越的有效方法。我们认为,由于难以从干细胞生产胰岛素的胰岛β细胞中获得了对再生医学革命的最初期望。我们认为,随之而来的期望变化已导致其他更激进的实验策略(例如使用癌基因)的出现,以寻找可能的1型糖尿病治疗方法。总之,我们认为再生医学是有争议的生物医学格局塑造的一个富有成效的例子,我们认为胚胎干细胞是遗传学,科学与社会之间相互作用的富有成效的案例研究。

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