The stem cell divide the facts, the fiction, and the fear driving the greatest scientific, political, and religious debate of our time

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bellomo, Michael (-)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : American Management Association c2006.
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Acceso en línea:Table of contents
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.