The stem cell divide : the facts, the fiction, and the fear driving the greatest scientific, political, and religious debate of our time / Michael Bellomo.
Record details
- ISBN: 0814408818
- ISBN: 9780814408810
- Physical Description: ix, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : American Management Association, [2006]
- Copyright: ©2006
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-241) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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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Subject: | Stem cells > Research > Moral and ethical aspects. Embryonic stem cells > Research > Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Juniata County Library | 616 BEL (Text) | 39640100147626 | JUNM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Albright Memorial Library | 616.0277 BELLOMO (Text) | 50686013046607 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Allentown Public Library | 616.027 BELL (Text) | 34455004939662 | Adult Nonfiction 1st FL | Available | - |
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