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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778128603321

Autore

Cohen Cynthia B

Titolo

Renewing the stuff of life [[electronic resource] ] : stem cells, ethics, and public policy / / Cynthia B. Cohen with illustrations by Roberta A. Heisterkamp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-19-770850-1

1-281-16305-8

0-19-971944-6

1-4294-9114-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 311 p.)

Disciplina

174.2/8

Soggetti

Stem cells - Moral and ethical aspects

Stem cells - Government policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-295) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction; 1. What Are Stem Cells? How Do They Function? What Might They Do?; 2. The Search for New Sources of Pluripotent Stem Cells; 3. The Moral Significance of Early Human Embryos in Secular Thought; 4. The Moral Significance of Early Human Embryos in Religious Thought; 5. Creating Human-Nonhuman Chimeras in Stem Cell Research; 6. International Stem Cell Research and Research Cloning: Three Contrasting Approaches; 7. The Development of National Policy on Stem Cell Research in the United States; 8. In Pursuit of National Review and Oversight of Stem Cell Research

Sommario/riassunto

Covering the controversial bioethics of stem cell research, this text maps out the likely ethical issues and controversies resulting from future work in this important scientific area.