Documenting the doable and doing the documented: Bridging strategies at the UK Stem Cell Bank

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 791-813

  Stephens, Neil ^a   Atkinson, Paul ^a   Glasner, Peter ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cell culturing; regulation; stem cells; STS; trust; UK Stem Cell Bank

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STEM CELL; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; CELL LINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 81255188441     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312711423306     Document Type: Article

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