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Furcht, Leo, author.

The stem cell dilemma : beacons of hope or harbingers of doom? / Leo Furcht and William Hoffman ; foreword by Brock Reeve.

First edition.

New York : Arcade Publishing : Distributed by Hachette Book Group, ©2008.

lxv, 284 pages ; 25 cm

Traces findings in biomedical research about the potential for stem cells to enable revolutionary cures, offering insight into the controversy surrounding stem-cell research and its related international biological arms race.

Stem cells -- Popular works.

Human embryo -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects.

Stem cells -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects.

Stem cells -- Research -- History.

Stem cells -- Research -- Political aspects -- United States.

Stem cells -- Therapeutic use.

Stem cells -- Military aspects.

Stem cells -- Research -- Forecasting.

Stem cells.

Hoffman, William R., author.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-270) and index.

Foreword by Brock Reeve -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Prologue: Into the cave -- Agents of Hope. Diseases and cancers of the blood ; Heart disease ; Diabetes and other autoimmune diseases ; Spinal cord injury and nervous system diseases ; Universal donor cells -- Architects of Development. Stem Cells 101 ; A brief history of regenerative science ; Closing the "regeneration gap" ; The genetics of stem cells ; Cellular aging and immortality ; Gastrulation and a womb with a view ; The future of regeneration -- Challengers of Ethics. Metaphorically speaking ; Clarifying cloning ; Designer babies ; Using surplus embryos ; Life and death on the moral compass ; Bioethics commissions -- Barometers of Politics. Public opinion and corn-pone politics ; Cloning and the United Nations ; Stem cells and the law ; Are humans patentable? ; American exceptionalism -- Objects of Competition. Is America losing its edge? ; Clusters of innovation ; California ; New Jersey ; Massachusetts ; Wisconsin ; Competitors abroad ; England ; Singapore ; South Korea ; China ; Patient advocacy goes global ; Free exchange of stem cell know-how -- Harbingers of Destruction. Immunity in the age of bioterrorism ; Military research and development ; A matter of national security ; An immune system in a bottle ; Project Bioshield ; The future of immunity ; Theoretical possibilities of death ; Controlling the power of stem cells -- Epilogue : Beyond the darkness.

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