The global distribution of laboratory mouse strains is valued for ensuring the continuity,
validity and accessibility of model organisms. Mouse strains are therefore assumed mobile …

While previous discussions of biobanks have addressed standardization and innovations,
law and ethics, governance, donation, citizenship, race, data and economy (Cromer 2017; …

Since the 1950s, human sperm has been cryopreserved and stored for personal use.
However, men's reasons and reflections regarding sperm storage have yet to be explored in …

This paper takes a critical heritage approach to understanding the ways that the
conservation of Nordic Mountain cows gets animated as a form of Nordic heritage. Today …

The article brings together two disparate and so far largely disconnected bodies of research:
the critical analysis of cryopreservation technologies and the debate on modes of …

The preservation of biological matter at extremely low temperatures has gained increasing
importance in a broad range of life science fields in recent years. Social and cultural studies …

Since 1984, when Australia reported the world's first birth from a donated egg, egg donation
has developed into an increasingly popular method of infertility treatment. In Europe …

Cryopreservation, or the freezing of embryos or sperm, has become a routine part of many
research projects involving laboratory mice. In this article, we combine historical and …

In this paper, we aim to contribute to a more articulate, reflective and systematic
understanding of the ethical significance of time and human temporality in the context of …

Since the first successful in vitro fertilization baby born in 1980, there has been an explosion
of reproductive technologies to enhance and control fertility and reproduction. In this chapter …