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Regulatory capacity building and the governance of clinical stem cell research in China

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posted on 2023-06-09, 08:48 authored by Margaret Sleeboom-FaulknerMargaret Sleeboom-Faulkner, Haidan Chen, Achim Rosemann
While other works have explained difficulties in applying ‘international’ guidelines in the field of regenerative medicine in so-called low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in terms of ‘international hegemony’, ‘political and ethical governance’ and ‘cosmopolitisation’, this article on stem cell regulation in China emphasises the particular complexities faced by large LMICs: the emergence of alternative regulatory arrangements made by stakeholders at a provincial level at home. On the basis of ethnographic and archival research of clinical stem cell research hubs, we have characterized six types of entrepreneurial ‘bionetworks’, each of which embodies a regulatory orientation that developed in interaction with China’s regulatory dilemmas. Rather than adopting guidelines from other countries, we argue that regulatory capacity building is more appropriately viewed as a relational concept, referring to the ability to develop regulatory requirements that can cater for different regulatory research needs on an international level and at home.

Funding

Bionetworking in Asia - A social science approach to international collaboration, informal exchanges, and responsible innovation in the life sciences; G0812; EUROPEAN UNION; 283219

Bionetworking in Asia - International collaboration, exchange, and responsible innovation in the life sciences; G0750; ESRC-ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; ES/I018107/1

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  • Published

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Journal

Science and Public Policy

ISSN

0302-3427

Publisher

Beech Tree Publishing

Issue

3

Volume

45

Page range

416-427

Department affiliated with

  • Anthropology Publications

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  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2017-11-13

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2017-12-08

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2017-11-27

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