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1) Stem cells
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"This accessibly written book explores the different types of stem cells, their current and potential future medical applications, and the many controversies that surround their creation and use"-- Provided by publisher.
3) Stem cells
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Contains articles that provide opposing viewpoints on issues related to stem cells, discussing whether stem cells will cure disease, the ethical and moral questions surrounding stem cell research, the role of the government in stem cell research, and alternatives to embryonic stem cells.
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Contains fourteen controversial articles that debate various perspectives on the issue of human embryo experimentation, exploring questions over whether the practice is beneficial and ethical, whether research should be federally funded, and whether early human embryos are human beings.
5) Stem cells
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"Explores the discovery and uses for stem cells"-- Provided by publisher.
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"At Issue: Embryonic and Adult Stem Cells: Books in this anthology series focus a wide range of viewpoints onto a single controversial issue, providing in-depth discussions by leading advocates, a quick grounding in the issues, and a challenge to critical thinking skills"-- Provided by publisher.
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Katrien Devolder focuses on the tension between the popular view that an embryo should never be deliberately harmed or destroyed, and the view that embryonic stem cell research, because of its enormous promise, must go forward. She provides an in-depth ethical analysis of the major philosophical and political attempts to resolve this tension.--Provided by publisher.
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"The revolutionary discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, completely changed the world, particularly in the field of medical science. This groundbreaking achievement was made by Dr. Yamanaka Shinya of Kyoto University and won him the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2012. The road that led him to this accomplishment, however, was not an easy one; during his early days as a training orthopedic surgeon, Yamanaka was not...
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"The second edition of Stem Cells: Scientific Facts and Fiction provides the non-stem cell expert with an understandable review of the history, current state of affairs, and facts and fiction of the promises of stem cells. Building on success of its award-winning preceding edition, the second edition features new chapters on embryonic and iPS cells and stem cells in veterinary science and medicine. It contains major revisions on cancer stem cells...
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Few recent advances in science have generated as much excitement & controversy as human embryonic stem cells. The potential of these cells to replace diseased or damaged cells in virtually every tissue of the body heralds the advent of an extraordinary new field of medicine. This book examines this topic.
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"The true story of a fiery young woman's heartwarming and hilarious journey that takes her from near-death in California to a trip around the world in search of her ultimate salvation. Along the way, she discovers a world of cultural mayhem, radical medical treatment, and, most importantly, a piece of her life she never even knew she was missing."--provided by publisher.
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"Embryologist Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz has spent two decades unraveling the mysteries of fetal development. By studying embryonic mouse cells, she witnessed the embryo's ability to rid itself of abnormal cells as it prepared for implantation in the womb. When Zernicka-Goetz became pregnant at 44, she received a call that took her by surprise: a sample test of the cells in her own placenta indicated that the fetus had trisomy-2, a disastrous extra...