Ray Carr

(Author)

Species of Contagion: Animal-To-Human Transplantation in the Age of Emerging Infectious Disease (2022)Hardcover - 2022, 18 February 2022

Species of Contagion: Animal-To-Human Transplantation in the Age of Emerging Infectious Disease (2022)
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Part of Series
Health, Technology and Society
Print Length
221 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Palgrave MacMillan
Date Published
18 Feb 2022
ISBN-10
9811682887
ISBN-13
9789811682889

Description

Species of Contagion examines the political and social implications of xenotransplantation for bodies, nations, and species. Scientists are demonstrating a renewed interest in developing transplants for humans with tissues from pigs, with the aid of genetic engineering techniques, immunosuppressant drugs, and novel cellular technologies. Yet, some argue that these transspecies promiscuities threaten to enable new viruses to emerge in human populations. Drawing on the later works of Foucault, this book analyses contemporary power relations in animal-to-human transplantation research, ranging across governmental regulation, scientific understandings of infectious disease, and animal ethics. While many xenotransplantation practices resonate with a security approach that renders uncertainty an inherent condition of life and encourages adaptation across species boundaries, government regulation and industry also reinscribe sovereign boundaries of bodies, species, and nations. Species of Contagion illustrates the variation in the cultural and scientific imaginaries that governments and industry bring to bear on the problematic of xenotransplantation.

Product Details

Author:
Ray Carr
Book Edition:
2022
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
NL
Date Published:
18 February 2022
Dimensions:
21.01 x 14.81 x 1.42 cm
ISBN-10:
9811682887
ISBN-13:
9789811682889
Language:
English
Location:
Singapore
Pages:
221
Weight:
430.91 gm

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