The Stem Cell Divide : : the Facts, the Fiction, and the Fear Driving the Greatest Scientific, Political, and Religious Debate of our Time
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Discovery of the stem cell's unique abilities -- Morning on the devil's highway -- Head of the hydra -- The furnace of creation -- The ugliest thing in medicine -- The starter culture -- The race to harness the power of life -- California dreaming -- Investing in hope and hype -- From Roe to Dickey -- Division on the hill -- Stem cell superpowers -- The rise and fall of South Korea's cloning king -- Stem cell cures and curses -- Therapeutic cloning and regenerative medicine -- Resolving the debate: adult vs. embryonic stem cells -- Germ of an idea -- Needles and haystacks -- Banking on cord blood -- So close and yet so far -- The mitochondrial barrier -- Cautionary tales: the coming stem cell decade -- Epilogue: the coming stem cell century.
Discovery of the stem cell's unique abilities -- Morning on the devil's highway -- Head of the hydra -- The furnace of creation -- The ugliest thing in medicine -- The starter culture -- The race to harness the power of life -- California dreaming -- Investing in hope and hype -- From Roe to Dickey -- Division on the hill -- Stem cell superpowers -- The rise and fall of South Korea's cloning king -- Stem cell cures and curses -- Therapeutic cloning and regenerative medicine -- Resolving the debate: adult vs. embryonic stem cells -- Germ of an idea -- Needles and haystacks -- Banking on cord blood -- So close and yet so far -- A future built on the smallest piece of life -- The mitochondrial barrier -- Cautionary tales: the coming stem cell decade -- Epilogue: the coming stem cell century.
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PUBLISHED
New York : American Management Association, c2006.
Year Published: 2006
Description: ix, 262 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0814408818
9780814408810
SUBJECTS
Stem cells -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Embryonic stem cells -- Moral and ethical aspects.