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| Stem Cells: Scientific Progress and Future Research Directions |
Lana R. Skirboll |
ISBN: 0756714788 , Hardcover - $225.00 BUY
Stem cells (SC) comprise a special kind of cell that has a unique capacity to renew itself & to give rise to specialized cell types. SC may be able to replace cells & tissues that are damaged & diseased. The report addresses SC from adult, fetal tissue, & embryonic sources. A significant emphasis is placed on understandings gained from mouse models of development & mouse SC research. Covers scientific publications on the characterization of specialized cells developed from embryonic SC & the plasticity of adult SC. Includes a general overview of early developments to assist the reader in understanding the key events in formation of cells, tissues, & the whole organism
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| Stem Cell Research: New Frontiers in Science and Ethics |
Nancy E. Snow |
ISBN: 0268017786 , Paperback - $25.00 BUY
This timely volume brings together essays by an internationally distinguished and diverse group of scholars. Contributors thoughtfully explore the ethical, public policy, and scientific implications of embryonic and adult stem cell research.
Part one of the book offers a variety of scientific and public policy perspectives, including essays on stem cell plasticity and using umbilical cord blood as an alternative source of pluripotent stem cells. Part two vigorously examines the ethics of stem cell research and considers issues of social justice, morality, and public policy. Scientific alternatives, a natural law perspective regarding federal funding, and a discussion of the possible moral complicity of Catholic researchers are among the distinctive contributions made to the stem cell research debate by this collection.
The objective and balanced discussions contained in this volume serve as an accessible introduction to the bioethical questions, issues, and problems surrounding stem cell research.
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| Introduction to Nanotechnology |
Charles P. Poole, Frank J. Owens |
ISBN: 0471079359 , Hardcover - $79.95 BUY
Written to give researchers in various areas an appreciation of nanotechnological developments outside their own fields of expertise, this broad overview of the science of matter at the scale of one-billionth of a meter reveals the diversity of nanotechnology's applications.
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