Autore	Shostak Stanley
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2002
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (322 p.)
Disciplina	612.6
Soggetto topico	Human cloning Stem cells - Research
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-7914-8841-1 0-585-46574-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910456181803321

Autore	Shostak Stanley
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2002
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (322 p.)
Disciplina	612.6
Soggetto topico	Human cloning Stem cells - Research
ISBN	9780791488416 0791488411 9780585465746 0585465746
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	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.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910966462903321