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How to grow a human : adventures in how we are made and who we are

Title
How to grow a human : adventures in how we are made and who we are / Philip Ball.
Author
Ball, Philip, 1962-
Publication
  • Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2019.
  • ©2019

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Book/TextUse in library JFE 20-598Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Description
xi, 372 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Tissue engineering > Popular works
  • Tissue culture > Popular works
  • Organ culture > Popular works
  • Cell transformation > Popular works
  • Cytology > Popular works
  • Developmental biology > Popular works
  • Bioengineering > Popular works
  • Bioengineering
  • Cell transformation
  • Cytology
  • Developmental biology
  • Organ culture
  • Tissue culture
  • Tissue engineering
Genre/Form
Popular works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Binding (note)
  • Binding: includes original dust-jacket.
Contents
Introduction: My brain in a dish -- Chapter 1. Pieces of life : Cells past and present -- Chapter 2. Body building : Growing humans the old-fashioned way -- First Interlude. The human superorganism : How cells became communities -- Chapter 3. Immortal flesh : How tissues were grown outside the body -- Second Interlude. Heroes and villains : Cancer, immunity, and our cellular ecosystem -- Chapter 4. Twists of fate : How to reprogramme a cell -- Chapter 5. The spare parts factory : Making tissues and organs from reprogrammed cells -- Chapter 6. Flesh of my flesh : Questioning the future of sex and reproduction -- Chapter 7. Hideous progeny? The futures of growing humans -- Third Interlude. Philosophy of the lonely mind : Can a brain exist in a dish? -- Chapter 8. Return of the meatware : Coming to terms with our fleshy selves.
Call Number
JFE 20-598
ISBN
  • 9780226654805
  • 022665480X
  • 9780226676173 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2019008607
  • 40029519614
OCLC
1089278558
Author
Ball, Philip, 1962- author.
Title
How to grow a human : adventures in how we are made and who we are / Philip Ball.
Publisher
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2019.
Copyright Date
©2019
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Binding
Copy 1. Binding: includes original dust-jacket. ICU
Other Standard Identifier
40029519614
Research Call Number
JFE 20-598
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