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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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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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (x, 311 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 174.2/8 |
| Soggetto topico: | Stem cells - Moral and ethical aspects |
| Stem cells - Government policy - United States | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Renewing the stuff of life |
| ISBN: | 0-19-770850-1 |
| 1-281-16305-8 | |
| 0-19-971944-6 | |
| 1-4294-9114-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910778128603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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