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In-vitro gametogenesis on YouTube – Epistemological performances from Strasbourg and Los Angeles

YouTube hosts two records of interest for those interested in how human-stem-cell-derived gametes are made: one from the USA and one from France. Human-stem-cell-derived gametes, sometimes called ‘artificial gametes’ or ‘synthetic gametes’, are the result of in-vitro gametogenesis (IVG). IVG is a te...

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Autor principal: Merleau-Ponty, Noémie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7811062/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33490657
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rbms.2020.12.001
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description YouTube hosts two records of interest for those interested in how human-stem-cell-derived gametes are made: one from the USA and one from France. Human-stem-cell-derived gametes, sometimes called ‘artificial gametes’ or ‘synthetic gametes’, are the result of in-vitro gametogenesis (IVG). IVG is a technology in the making that attempts to create oocytes and spermatozoa from embryonic cells or skin cells. This article presents some elements of these videos in written form, and asks what information is publicly available to ‘think with’, and what is not, when it comes to imagining the future of human reproduction. Focusing on the staging of science, this article argues that these videos represent ways of understanding and interrogating science, and display epistemological performances. The comparison is helpful to analyse how a shared global bioscientific authority is valued in these two locations, pointing at areas 'back stage' that the social sciences can illuminate.
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spelling pubmed-78110622021-01-22 In-vitro gametogenesis on YouTube – Epistemological performances from Strasbourg and Los Angeles Merleau-Ponty, Noémie Reprod Biomed Soc Online Original Article YouTube hosts two records of interest for those interested in how human-stem-cell-derived gametes are made: one from the USA and one from France. Human-stem-cell-derived gametes, sometimes called ‘artificial gametes’ or ‘synthetic gametes’, are the result of in-vitro gametogenesis (IVG). IVG is a technology in the making that attempts to create oocytes and spermatozoa from embryonic cells or skin cells. This article presents some elements of these videos in written form, and asks what information is publicly available to ‘think with’, and what is not, when it comes to imagining the future of human reproduction. Focusing on the staging of science, this article argues that these videos represent ways of understanding and interrogating science, and display epistemological performances. The comparison is helpful to analyse how a shared global bioscientific authority is valued in these two locations, pointing at areas 'back stage' that the social sciences can illuminate. Elsevier 2020-12-13 /pmc/articles/PMC7811062/ /pubmed/33490657 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rbms.2020.12.001 Text en © 2020 The Author http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7811062/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33490657
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rbms.2020.12.001
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