Introduction: Stem Cell Research and Global Biopolitics Globalization, Stem Cell Markets and National Interests Embryos, Oöcytes, Cell Lines: HESC Science and the Human Tissue Market Global Regulation and Local Policy Narratives: Making Sense of Dolly From Dolly to Therapies? Stem Cell Regulations in the Making I – the United Kingdom and the United States From Dolly to Therapies? Stem Cell Regulations in the Making II – Germany, Italy, Japan and South Korea Bioethics and the Global Moral Economy of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Science Human ESC Science and the Cultural Politics of the EU's Framework Programmes Contested Governance: Uncertainty and Standardization in Research and Patenting Notes References Index