LEADER 03370nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910820038303321 005 20240417035518.0 010 $a0-7914-8841-1 010 $a0-585-46574-6 035 $a(CKB)111087027855284 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10587113 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000109617 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11142808 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000109617 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10046404 035 $a(PQKB)10308292 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407915 035 $a(OCoLC)52872714 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse5887 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407915 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10587113 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027855284 100 $a20011016d2002 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBecoming immortal$b[electronic resource] $ecombining cloning and stem-cell therapy /$fStanley Shostak 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (322 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7914-5401-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [263]-292) and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 $aExplores how new organs might be engineered via cloning and reproductive technology to achieve human immortality. 606 $aHuman cloning 606 $aStem cells$xResearch 615 0$aHuman cloning. 615 0$aStem cells$xResearch. 676 $a612.6 700 $aShostak$b Stanley$0624765 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820038303321 996 $aBecoming immortal$94027249 997 $aUNINA