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Author:

Fox, Cynthia.

Title:

Cell of cells : the global race to capture and control the stem cell / Cynthia Fox.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton & Co.,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xiii, 546 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Stem cells.
Stem cells--Therapeutic use.
Stem Cells--Popular Works.
Biomedical Research--Popular Works.
Biotechnology--Popular Works.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [463]-518) and index.

Contents:

Unmade in America -- Stem cells in the Sahara -- Scientific pilgrimages -- In the beginning -- Biopolis -- World cloning wars -- Double-edged sword : stem cells as a cancer cure and cause -- The medical revolution of the human chimera -- Stem cells and the heart : setting cardiologists' pulses racing -- The proliferating underground clinic and the regulation of China -- Smashing biological clocks : the stem cell's first social revolution? -- The fall of Seoul and the rise of San Francisco.

ISBN:

0393058778 (hardcover)
9780393058772 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2006009917

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

OQAX737 -- Iowa Western Community College - Edith Lisle Library (Clarinda)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)