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Autore |
Cohen Cynthia B |
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Renewing the stuff of life [[electronic resource] ] : stem cells, ethics, and public policy / / Cynthia B. Cohen with illustrations by Roberta A. Heisterkamp |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-770850-1 |
1-281-16305-8 |
0-19-971944-6 |
1-4294-9114-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 311 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Stem cells - Moral and ethical aspects |
Stem cells - Government policy - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-295) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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