Titre
The making of 'old eggs': the science of reproductive ageing between fertility and anti-ageing technologies.
Type
article
Institution
UNIL/CHUV/Unisanté + institutions partenaires
Périodique
Auteur(s)
Bühler, Nolwenn
Auteure/Auteur
Liens vers les personnes
Liens vers les unités
Plateforme de recherche en études genre
ISSN
2405-6618
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2022-03
Volume
14
Première page
169
Dernière page/numéro d’article
181
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: epublish
Publication Status: epublish
Résumé
This article proposes going back in the history of reproductive medicine to shed light on the role of assisted reproductive technology (ART) in the making of 'old eggs'. Focusing on two key technologies - egg donation and cytoplasmic transfer - both of which contributed significantly to the production of scientific knowledge about reproductive ageing, the article suggests that ART can be analysed as 'in-vivo models' playing a pivotal role in the shift from age as a demographic variable to ageing understood in biological terms. It will shed light on the role of ART in locating age in the eggs and producing a cellular understanding of fertility decline. It argues that ART not only offers new means of reconfiguring the biological clock by extending fertility, but also reconfigures the biology of reproductive ageing itself. This becomes both the target and the means for new technological interventions, imaginaries and norms, anchored in women's bodies and a more plastic biology, and thereby illuminates hitherto underexplored aspects of the encounter between the science and technology of reproduction and anti-ageing.
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Open Access
Oui
Date de création
2022-01-25T06:28:21.620Z
Date de création dans IRIS
2025-05-20T20:24:16Z
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35024473_BIB_0610DBA7D18B.pdf
Version du manuscrit
published
Licence
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
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Adobe PDF
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URN
urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_0610DBA7D18B7
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