Author:
Krimsky, Sheldon.
Imprint:New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
Descriptionxxix, 238 pages ; 24 cm
Note:Finding the key to 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 : embryos and oocytes.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 -- My cells are drugs -- A clinical trial for paralysis.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
