Stem cell now : from the experiment that shook the world to the new politics of life / Christopher Thomas Scott.
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TextPublication details: New York : Pi Press, c2006.Description: xi, 243 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0131737988 (casebound : alk. paper)
- 9780131737983 (casebound : alk. paper)
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Main Library | NonFiction | 616.0277 S425 | Available | 33111006194472 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The time is right for a lucid, sharp account of the science behind the stem cell revolution, up through the major advances of 2005 This is BEING DIGITAL for biology, full of how cutting-edge research will affect our daily lives Transplanting a human immune system Bald men able to order new hair, in any colour! The Holy Grail cell - the adult stem cell that can turn into anything
How the exploding political battle in the U.S. will affect patients, science, and business
Endorsed by the International Society of Stem Cell Biology, and foreword by editor of SCIENCE mag.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-227) and index.
Foreword by Donald Kennedy -- Abbreviations -- The experiment that shook the world -- The cell -- How we get to how we are -- A brief history of embryonic stem cells -- Hunting adult stem cells -- Seven questions -- The future of medicine -- The great moral divide -- The consequences of politics -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Acknowledgments.