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Abstract The conservation-management of living beings is not only an issue in medicine. Based on a collaboration between a sociologist and a geneticist, this paper aims to document the banking practices in the sector of forest genetic resources, which raises specific questions. Drawing on a fieldwork investigation we further explore the various possibilities that biobanking…

Editorial :Biobanks and the reconfiguration of the living While previous discussions of biobanks have addressed standardization and inno-vations, law and ethics, governance, donation, citizenship, race, data and economy(Cromer2017; Ehrich, Williams, and Farsides2010; Eriksson and Webster2008,2015; Franklin2006; Meskus2018), this special issue explores the role of biobanksin the reconfigurations of the living, as they constitute a central…

Socializing Tumors: From the Conservation of Tumors in Banks to Their Ontological Variations Fabien Milanovic Biobanks are considered as developing infrastructures calling for a joint political, ethical and legal regulation. They are a focus for action. But how do matters stand when biobanks are a sociological focus of research, released from performative issues, when “the…