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- Title
- Stem cell century : law and policy for a breakthrough technology / Russell Korobkin ; with Stephen R. Munzer.
- Author
- Korobkin, Russell
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | KF3827.G4 K67 2007 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Munzer, Stephen R.
- Description
- xiii, 322 p.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "Stem Cell Century provides a very clear analysis of the policy issues around cloning and stem cells in biomedicine, on the basis of a sound scientific understanding of the underlying biology." Ian Wilmut, director, Edinburgh University Centre for Regenerative Medicine, and creator of "Dolly" the lamb, the world's first cloned mammal. From the bookjacket.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-312) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The promise and the hype -- The embryo wars -- Cloning, Congress, and the Constitution -- Stem cell patents -- The taxpayers' stake in stem cell profits -- Autonomy and informed consent -- Buying and selling human tissues -- Default rules for tissue donations -- Looking forward : stem cell treatments -- Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 0300122926 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780300122923 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2007017353
- OCLC
- 123539687
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library