| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: Monograph/item
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| Title/Author: |
Stem cell research/ Joseph Panno. |
| Reminder of title: |
medical applications and ethical controversy / |
| Author: |
Panno, Joseph. |
| Published: |
New York, NY :Facts On File, : c2005., |
| Description: |
xiii, 178 p. :ill. ;24 cm. |
| Series: |
Facts on File science library |
| [NT 15003449]: |
Stem cells are not all equal -- Mammalian embryo -- Embryonic stem cells -- Adult stem cells -- Stem cells in culture -- Stem cell markers -- Human stem cells -- Collecting human embryonic stem cells -- Fate of the donor embryo -- Directed differentiation -- Growth factors -- Future prospects for adult stem cells -- Medical applications -- Leukemia -- Immune deficiencies -- Diabetes -- Liver disease -- Cardiovascular disease -- Neurological disorders -- Organ factories -- Commercialization of human stem cells -- Stock market -- Astrom Biosciences, Inc. -- StemCells, Inc. -- Geron Corporation -- Reality check -- Problem of immune rejection -- Spontaneous in vitro differentiation -- Wandering stem cells -- Stem cell cancer induction -- Growing organs from cultured stem cells -- Ethical issues -- Justice and beneficence -- High-tech cannibalism -- On becoming human -- Early embryo -- Legal issues -- United Kingdom -- European Union -- United States -- Resource center -- Eucaryote cell primer -- Recombinant DNA primer -- Gene therapy primer -- Belmont report -- Gelsinger investigation -- Clinical trials. |
| Subject: |
Stem cells - Research - |
| Online resource: |
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=139889An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information |
| ISBN: |
0816067333 (electronic bk.) |