Article ID: CBB043411552

Generational Medicine in Singapore: A National Biobank for a Greying Nation (2023)

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The United Nations’ projections for the period between 2019 and 2050 anticipate a rapid rise in population aging in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia. With such population aging often comes a disease burden in the form of chronic diseases, such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. In the context of Singapore, we examine the role of a national biobank called Health for Life in Singapore (HELIOS), which positions itself as aiming to improve the health and lives of future generations of Singapore. HELIOS’ aims and actions inform on the anxieties, desires and ambitions of the Singapore state and its healthcare system in the context of its changing population demography. We argue that HELIOS propagates a “sociotechnical imaginary” of what we call “generational medicine,” that posits a crucial role for biobanks in tackling the societal challenge of an aging population.

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Authors & Contributors
Sun, Shirley Hsiao-Li
Jasanoff, Sheila
Kim, Hyomin
Muniesa, Fabian
Tutton, Richard
Graham, Connor
Journals
East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal
Science, Technology, and Human Values
Social Studies of Science
Science as Culture
Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society
Publishers
Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group
Concepts
Science and technology studies (STS)
Imaginaries
Medicine
Ethics
Technological innovation
Globalization; internationalization
Time Periods
21st century
Places
Singapore
East Asia
Asia
Brazil
Great Britain
India
Institutions
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
Society for the History of Technology
Cisco Systems, Inc.
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