The UK Stem Cell Bank: Securing the Past, Validating the Present, Protecting the FutureFootnote1

1. A version of this paper was presented at the ‘Future Matters: Futures Known, Created and Minded’ conference, Cardiff University, 4th-6th September 2006 (Stephen, Atkinson & Glasner Citation2006a). The paper reports the work of two wider projects, both funded by the ESRC - ‘Curating and Husbandry in the UK Stem Cell Bank’ (Project No. Res-00022-1136; 1/3/05-28/2/06) and ‘The UK Stem Cell Bank - An Institutional Ecology’ (Project No. Res-349-25-0001; 1/4/06-31/3/08). We thank the ESRC for their support.

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