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View article: ‘Dirty pigs’ and the xenotransplantation paradox
‘Dirty pigs’ and the xenotransplantation paradox Open
For almost the last 300 years human beings have sought to use organs from non-human animals to repair or replace their own failing organs. This procedure of intraspecies transplant is called xenotransplantation, and despite the continued a…
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Human organ transplantation has never met the demand for organs, and in all probability never will. The answer to the current shortage therefore is not to alter systems of organ procurement but to examine different sources. This book explo…
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In today's world, we are offered a constantly expanding number of technologies to integrate into our lives. We now utilise a range of interconnected technologies at work, at home and at leisure. The realm of sport is no exception, where ne…
View article: Choosing between animal, mechanical and me?
Choosing between animal, mechanical and me? Open
If you had to choose between animal, mechanical and human materials to replace, repair or regenerate the human body, what would you choose? If people were made to make such a hypothetical choice, what would their choices reveal about the e…
View article: Dedication
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In today's world, we are offered a constantly expanding number of technologies to integrate into our lives. We now utilise a range of interconnected technologies at work, at home and at leisure. The realm of sport is no exception, where ne…
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In today's world, we are offered a constantly expanding number of technologies to integrate into our lives. We now utilise a range of interconnected technologies at work, at home and at leisure. The realm of sport is no exception, where ne…
View article: Conclusion
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Largely going unnoticed there lies a 21st-century identity crisis generated from the overwhelming desire of human beings to repair, replace or regenerate the human body. Embodiment is ambiguous and is a state that becomes particularly acut…
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In today's world, we are offered a constantly expanding number of technologies to integrate into our lives. We now utilise a range of interconnected technologies at work, at home and at leisure. The realm of sport is no exception, where ne…
View article: Embodiment and everyday cyborgs
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View article: Reclaiming the cyborg
Reclaiming the cyborg Open
Xenotransplantation and 3-D bioprinting are not yet viable solutions to repairing human organs, however medical reliance on technologies, some implanted and increasingly with 'smart' functionalities, is. Some implantable medical technologi…
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In today's world, we are offered a constantly expanding number of technologies to integrate into our lives. We now utilise a range of interconnected technologies at work, at home and at leisure. The realm of sport is no exception, where ne…
View article: Ambiguous embodiment and organ transplantation
Ambiguous embodiment and organ transplantation Open
Narratives of subjectivity alterations in recipients who have received human organs have persisted since the first human heart transplant was conducted in 1967. Reviewing this research in chapter 1 shows that despite anonymity existing bet…
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In today's world, we are offered a constantly expanding number of technologies to integrate into our lives. We now utilise a range of interconnected technologies at work, at home and at leisure. The realm of sport is no exception, where ne…
View article: Everyday cyborgs and the love-hate cybernetic relationship
Everyday cyborgs and the love-hate cybernetic relationship Open
Everyday cyborgs are created through the implantation of a cybernetic device in the form of an ICD that will protect them from a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). Using their voices and of those that live with them, I relate their stories of cy…
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In today's world, we are offered a constantly expanding number of technologies to integrate into our lives. We now utilise a range of interconnected technologies at work, at home and at leisure. The realm of sport is no exception, where ne…
View article: Embodiment and everyday cyborgs: Technologies that alter subjectivity
Embodiment and everyday cyborgs: Technologies that alter subjectivity Open
If you were in need of an organ transplant, would you prefer organs from other humans or non-human animals, or would you choose a 'cybernetic' medical implant? Using a range of social science methods and drawing on the sociology of the bod…
View article: Re-Imagining Healthcare and Medical Research Systems in Post-Devolution Scotland
Re-Imagining Healthcare and Medical Research Systems in Post-Devolution Scotland Open
We use the concept of ‘imagined communities’, and related work on socio-technical imaginaries and expectations, to reflect on how Scotland is represented simultaneously as ‘sick and unhealthy’ and a ‘living lab’ due to its innovative medic…
View article: Biomedicine, self and society: An agenda for collaboration and engagement
Biomedicine, self and society: An agenda for collaboration and engagement Open
The commitment of massive resources – financial, social, organisational, and human – drives developments in biomedicine. Fundamental transformations in the generation and application of knowledge are challenging our understandings and expe…
View article: STS and the Importance of Being a Collective: Gill Haddow Talks with Barry Barnes
STS and the Importance of Being a Collective: Gill Haddow Talks with Barry Barnes Open
Professor Barry Barnes was a key, founding member of the early Science Studies Unit (SSU) at the University of Edinburgh. In this interview with Gill Haddow he reflects on what is was like to be part of this fertile period of scholarly ent…
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View article: Horizon scanning implanted biosensors in personalising breast cancer management: <scp>First</scp> pilot study of breast cancer patients views
Horizon scanning implanted biosensors in personalising breast cancer management: <span>First</span> pilot study of breast cancer patients views Open
Aims This study aimed to explore breast cancer patients' understanding and acceptability of implanted biosensors (BS) within the primary tumour to personalise adjuvant radiotherapy, and to determine optimal design and number of BS, and eva…
View article: 3D bioprint me: a socioethical view of bioprinting human organs and tissues
3D bioprint me: a socioethical view of bioprinting human organs and tissues Open
In this article, we review the extant social science and ethical literature on three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting. 3D bioprinting has the potential to be a ‘game-changer’, printing human organs on demand, no longer necessitating the need f…
View article: Implantable Smart Technologies (IST): Defining the ‘Sting’ in Data and Device
Implantable Smart Technologies (IST): Defining the ‘Sting’ in Data and Device Open
View article: Cyborgs in the Everyday: Masculinity and Biosensing Prostate Cancer
Cyborgs in the Everyday: Masculinity and Biosensing Prostate Cancer Open
An in vivo biosensor is a technology in development that will assess the biological activity of cancers to individualise external beam radiotherapy. Inserting such technology into the human body creates cybernetic organisms; a cybor…
View article: New risks inadequately managed: the case of smart implants and medical device regulation
New risks inadequately managed: the case of smart implants and medical device regulation Open
Many emerging technologies are associated with 'risk'. While the concept of risk is protean, it is usually conceived of as the potential of something damaging or harmful happening. Thus, risks are a primary target of many regulatory regime…