| Description |
xii, 546 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Unmade in America -- 2. Stem cells in the Sahara -- 3. Scientific pilgrimages -- 4. In the beginning -- 5. Biopolis -- 6. World cloning wars -- 7. Double-edged sword : stem cells as a cancer cure and cause -- 8. The medical revolution of the human chimera -- 9. Stem cells and the heart : setting cardiologists' pulses racing -- 10. The proliferating underground clinic and the regulation of China -- 11. Smashing biological clocks : the stem cell's first social revolution? -- 12. The fall of Seoul and the rise of San Francisco |
| Summary |
"From an Israeli lab that narrowly escapes a terrorist bomb to a Chinese clinic that offers stem cells to patients suffering from paralysis and brain trauma, stem cells have gone global. Beyond delving into the research and applications of stem cells, Cynthia Fox draws readers into the saga of the South Korean stem cell debacle - one of the greatest controversies in science history, a story of medical malfeasance and of misguided human ambition."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [463]-518) and index |
| Subject |
Stem cells.
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Stem cells -- Therapeutic use.
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| LC no. |
2006009917 |
| ISBN |
9780393058772 hardcover |
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0393058778 hardcover |
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