03594nam 2200661Ia 450 991096646290332120200520144314.09780791488416079148841197805854657460585465746(CKB)111087027855284(CaPaEBR)ebrary10587113(SSID)ssj0000109617(PQKBManifestationID)11142808(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000109617(PQKBWorkID)10046404(PQKB)10308292(OCoLC)52872714(MdBmJHUP)muse5887(Au-PeEL)EBL3407915(CaPaEBR)ebr10587113(DE-B1597)684371(DE-B1597)9780791488416(MiAaPQ)EBC3407915(Perlego)2671602(EXLCZ)9911108702785528420011016d2002 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBecoming immortal combining cloning and stem-cell therapy /Stanley Shostak1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20021 online resource (322 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780791454022 0791454029 9780791454015 0791454010 Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-292) and index.Intro -- Becoming Immortal -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- 1. Quo Vadis? -- WHY BECOME IMMORTAL? -- HAS LIFE CHANGED? -- "HELLO, DOLLY!" AND SALUTATIONS TO STEM CELLS -- WHY WE ARE NOT IMMORTAL OR WHAT IS LIFE ANYWAY? -- ACHIEVING IMMORTALITY THROUGH BIOTECHNOLOGY -- 2. Why Immortality Cannot Evolve -- WHERE DOES LONGEVITY COME FROM, AND WHY HAS EVOLUTION MADE US MORTAL RATHER THAN IMMORTAL? -- WHAT IS AN EVOLUTIONARY VIEW OF LONGEVITY, AND WHY ARE THE PROSPECTS SO BLEAK FOR ACHIEVING IMMORTALITY THROUGH EVOLUTION? -- AFTERWORD: IMMORTALITY TRIUMPHANT! -- 3. Why Immortality Cannot Develop -- DEVELOPMENT'S "WHO, WHERE, WHAT, WHEN, HOW, AND WHY?" -- DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO EMBRYOLOGISTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGISTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- 4. Life's Fundamental Feature: Devolution -- GETTING DOWN TO BASICS: LIFE BEGINS -- AN INTRODUCTION TO DEVOLUTION -- THE DEVOLUTION OF EUCARYA -- THE DEVOLUTION OF SEX -- THE DEVOLUTION OF METAZOA -- THE DEVOLUTION OF LIFE HISTORIES -- THE DEVOLUTION OF DEATH -- CONCLUSIONS -- 5. Making Immortals: From Blastocyst to Generator -- TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT CLONING -- TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT STEM CELLS -- MAKING IMMORTALS -- MAKING GENERATORS -- Epilogue: Reprise and Prediction -- PROSPECTS FOR IMMORTALIZATION -- ADJUSTMENTS REQUIRED BY IMMORTALIZATION -- AT WHAT COST? -- Endotes -- NOTES TO PREFACE -- NOTES TO CHAPTER 1 -- NOTES TO CHAPTER 2 -- NOTES TO CHAPTER 4 -- NOTES TO CHAPTER 5 -- NOTES TO EPILOGUE -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.Explores how new organs might be engineered via cloning and reproductive technology to achieve human immortality.Human cloningStem cellsResearchHuman cloning.Stem cellsResearch.612.6Shostak Stanley624765MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910966462903321Becoming immortal4352637UNINA