Comparing national home-keeping and the regulation of translational stem cell applications: An international perspective

Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner, Choon Key Chekar, Alex Faulkner, Carolyn Heitmeyer, Marina Marouda, Achim Rosemann, Nattaka Chaisinthop, Chang, Hung-Chieh (Jessica), Adrian Ely, Masae Kato, Prasanna K. Patra, Yeyang Su, Suli Sui, Wakana Suzuki and Xinqing Zhang

Social Science & Medicine, 2016, vol. 153, issue C, 240-249

Abstract: A very large grey area exists between translational stem cell research and applications that comply with the ideals of randomised control trials and good laboratory and clinical practice and what is often referred to as snake-oil trade. We identify a discrepancy between international research and ethics regulation and the ways in which regulatory instruments in the stem cell field are developed in practice. We examine this discrepancy using the notion of ‘national home-keeping’, referring to the way governments articulate international standards and regulation with conflicting demands on local players at home.

Keywords: Asia; Europe; USA; National home-keeping; Translational stem cell research; Research regulation; Standards; International science community (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.01.047

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