Stem cell dialogues a philosophical and scientific inquiry into medical frontiers 9780231539401, 9780231167482, 0231167482

Finding the key to regenerative medicineHope -- Why is this cell different from other cells? -- The president's ste

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Stem cell dialogues a philosophical and scientific inquiry into medical frontiers
 9780231539401, 9780231167482, 0231167482

Table of contents :
Finding the key to regenerative medicineHope --
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.

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