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Title:
Stem cell dialogues : a philosophical and scientific inquirey into medical frontiers / Sheldon Krimsky.
Author:
Krimsky, Sheldon.
Publication Information:
New York : Columbia University Press, 2017.
Call Number:
QH588.S83 K75 2017
Abstract:
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.
Edition:
Paperback edition.
ISBN:
9780231167499
Physical Description:
xxxviii, 238 pages ; 21 cm.
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.
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