Stem Cell Now: From the Experiment That Shook the World to the New Politics of Life
Language: English
Published by Pi Press, 2005
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While many believe stem cell research holds the key to curing a wide range of ailments, others see this research as opening a Pandora's box that will devalue human life.In Stem Cell Now, Christopher Scott--executive director of Stanford University's Stem Cells and Society Program--lays out the scientific and ethical issues surrounding this national dilemma. Scott guides readers through the latest advances in stem cell research in clear, accessible language, telling the stories of the researchers who are exploring the potential of stem cells to cure cancer, grow new organs, and repair the immune system. He also leads readers through a discussion of the question at the heart of the explosive ethical debate: How, as a society, do we balance our responsibilities to the unborn and the sick? Stem Cell Now is essential reading for anyone who wants to build an informed opinion on stem cell research.
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- Title
- Stem Cell Now: From the Experiment That Shook the World to the New Politics of Life
- Author
- Christopher Thomas Scott
- Publisher
- Pi Press
- Publication year
- 2005
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- Very Good
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- Hardback
- Language
- English
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- 0131737988
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- 9780131737983
THE STEM CELL IS SET TO DOMINATE POPULAR AWARENESS OF SCIENCE LIKE THE ATOM BOMB DID A GENERATION AGO. No area of science holds such immediate promise for treating disease and improving human lives as stem cell research. But no area of science also causes such fundamental ethical concern and such ferocious political conflict.
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CHRISTOPHER SCOTT is a Stanford University lecturer and is Executive Director of the Stanford University Center for Biomedical Ethics Program in Stem Cells and Society. He was formerly the assistant vice chancellor at the University of California, San Francisco, and was a founder and the executive editor of the award-winning biotech journal Acumen. He has appeared on national radio and television, and has written for major newspapers and journals such as Science, Nature Biotechnology, and The Scientist.
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