Research Catalog

Title

Stem cell dialogues : a philosophical and scientific inquiry into medical frontiers / Sheldon Krimsky.

Author

Krimsky, Sheldon.

Publication

New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]

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Details

Description

xxxviii, 238 pages; 24 cm

Summary

Employing a series of Socratic dialogues, this study of the use of stem cells in medicine and medical research examines the ethical and public policy issues that confront scientists, clinicians, and the public health community.

Subject

• Embryonic stem cells > Moral and ethical aspects
• Genetics > Moral and ethical aspects
• Medical genetics > Moral and ethical aspects
• Bioethics
• Stem Cell Research > ethics
• Embryonic Stem Cells
• Bioethical Issues
• Philosophy, Medical

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Harnessing stem cells for regenerative medicine -- Hope -- Why is this cell different from other cells? -- The president's stem cells -- The Dickey-Wicker enigma -- The moral status of embryos -- Creating good from immoral acts -- Circumventing embryocide -- My personalized beta cells for diabetes -- Repairing brain cells in stroke victims -- Reversing macular degeneration -- My stem cells, my cancer -- Reprogramming cells -- My personalized disease cells -- To clone or not to clone : that is the question -- Patenting human embryonic stem cells is immoral and illegal (in Europe) -- My embryo is auctioned on the internet -- Here comes the egg man : oocytes & embryos.org -- Human-animal chimeras and hybrids -- Stem cell tourism -- Social media meets science hype -- Feminism and the commercialization of human eggs/embryos -- Was my birth embryo me? -- Embryos without ovaries -- How my cells became drugs -- A clinical trial for paralysis treatment.

ISBN

• 9780231167482
• 0231167482
• 9780231539401 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2014039574
• 40025143853

OCLC

• ocn900031631
• 900031631
• SCSB-5841950

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries