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‘It’s a family affair’: The discursive entanglement of social formations in public and private cord blood banking in Italy by Beltrame, Lorenzo

“…The dominant narrative in bioethical and biomedical literature criticises private/family cord blood banking as selling a biomedical service that challenges the…”
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Anchoring hopes in a regime of truth. The legitimizing use of cord blood-derived products in Italy by Beltrame, Lorenzo

“…Public Umbilical Cord Blood (UCB) banking is defined by the dominant bioethics and biomedical literature as working in a regime of valuation that connects the…”
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Capitalization and the production of value at the nexus of academia and industry: the case of a microbiome startup by Ferrari, Luciano, Raffaetà, Roberta, Beltrame, Lorenzo

“…This article analyses valuation practices, focusing on the way health data constitute different kinds of assets for different actors within an…”
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The Bio-Objectification of Umbilical Cord Blood: Socio-Economic and Epistemic Implications of Biobanking by Lorenzo Beltrame

“…In the current biomedical literature Umbilical Cord Blood (UCB) is considered a valid source of hematopoietic stem cells for hemopoiesis reconstitution. The…”
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TriNet: Exploring More Affordable and Generalisable Remote Phenotyping with Explainable Deep Models by Beltrame, Lorenzo, Salzinger, Jules, Koppensteiner, Lukas J, Fanta-Jende, Phillipp

“…In this study, we propose a scalable deep learning approach to automated phenotyping using UAV multispectral imagery, exemplified by yellow rust detection in…”
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Reviewing the essential roles of remote phenotyping, GWAS and explainable AI in practical marker-assisted selection for drought-tolerant winter wheat breeding by Chang-Brahim, Ignacio, Koppensteiner, Lukas J, Beltrame, Lorenzo, Bodner, Gernot, Saranti, Anna, Salzinger, Jules, Fanta-Jende, Phillipp, Sulzbachner, Christoph, Bruckmüller, Felix, Trognitz, Friederike, Samad-Zamini, Mina, Zechner, Elisabeth, Holzinger, Andreas, Molin, Eva M

“…Marker-assisted selection (MAS) plays a crucial role in crop breeding improving the speed and precision of conventional breeding programmes by quickly and…”
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“Sidestepping the Embryo”. The Cultural Meaning and Political Uses of Ethical Stem Cells by Lorenzo Beltrame

“…In many countries, stem cell research is embroiled in heated ethical and political debates because the most valued stem cell types are human embryonic stem…”
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Values in tension. Clinical quality and civic participation in umbilical cord blood banking in Italy by Beltrame, Lorenzo

“…In the dominant narrative of bioethics and biomedical discourse on public Umbilical Cord Blood (UCB) banking, the ethical value of donating UCB is…”
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Stefano Crabu, From the Molecule to the Patient. Biomedicine in Contemporary Society, Il Mulino, 2017 by Lorenzo Beltrame

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The Italian Way to Stem Cell Research: Rethinking the Role of Catholic Religion in Shaping Italian Stem Cell Research Regulations by Beltrame, Lorenzo

“…Stem cell research regulations are highly variable across nations, notwithstanding shared and common ethical concerns. Dominant in political debates has been…”
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Hybrid practices in cord blood banking. Rethinking the commodification of human tissues in the bioeconomy by Hauskeller, Christine, Beltrame, Lorenzo

“…The STS and bioethical literature on umbilical cord blood (UCB) banking nowadays discusses the field as divided into opposite institutional arrangements,…”
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The hybrid bioeconomy of umbilical cord blood banking: Re-examining the narrative of opposition between public and private services by Hauskeller, Christine, Beltrame, Lorenzo

“…Umbilical cord blood (UCB) is an important source for stem cells used in clinical treatments. For this purpose, UCB has to be collected at birth and stored in…”
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The Therapeutic Promise of Pluripotency and its Political use in the Italian Stem Cell Debate by Beltrame, Lorenzo

“…Stem cell research is considered one of the most promising branches of contemporary biomedicine. The capacity to develop into almost any cell type of the…”
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Disputing the boundary of pluripotency. The Italian public debate on amniotic fluid-derived stem cells by Beltrame, Lorenzo

“…Amniotic fluid-derived stem (AFS) cells were the first non-embryonic source of pluripotent stem cells discussed in Italy. AFS cells have been defined "ethical…”
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Assets, Commodities and Biosocialities. Multiple Biovalues in Hybrid Biobanking Practices by Lorenzo Beltrame, Christine Hauskeller

“…Biobanks are crucial institutions in the infrastructure of contemporary life sciences. They depend on the participation of donors who give tissues and data…”
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Charis Thompson, Good Science. The Ethical Choreography of Stem Cell Research, MIT Press, 2013 by Lorenzo Beltrame

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Beyond the Formal Mechanisms of Public Engagement. Communicating Biobanking Research with Other Means by Lorenzo Beltrame, Lucia Martinelli, Ilaria Ampollini

“…In this contribution we explore novel, different ways of promoting public engagement in biomedical research using biobanks. Starting from a discussion about…”
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IPSE DIXIT: I PREMI NOBEL COME ARGOMENTO DI AUTORITÀ NELLA COMUNICAZIONE PUBBLICA DELLA SCIENZA by BELTRAME, LORENZO

“…The aim of these paper is to analyze the role of Natural Sciences Nobel-prize winner in public communication of science. Using the sociological works on the…”
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Ipse dixit: The Role of Natural Sciences Nobel-Prize Winner in Public Communication of Science by Beltrame, Lorenzo

“…The aim of these paper is to analyze the role of Natural Sciences Nobel-prize winner in public communication of science. Using the sociological works on the…”
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When the oocyte becomes an embryo. The social life of an ambiguous scientific image in Italian newspapers (1996-2007) by Beltrame, Lorenzo, Giovanetti, Silvia

“…This paper analyses the social life of a scientific image frequently used in media coverage of human genetic and biotechnology issues. The expression "social…”
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