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Multiplicity yours : cloning, stem cell research, and regenerative medicine /

This is the first book of its kind that treats reproduction, cloning, stem cell research and regenerative medicine in an integrative manner. Touching on the science, social aspects, legal and ethical issues, and the current status of cloning, stem cell research and regenerative medicine, this self-c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lim, Hwa A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover13;
  • About the Author13;
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • TOC%Contents13;
  • 1 Prologue
  • About the Title of the Book
  • Risks of Writing this Book
  • The Title Revisited
  • Inside This Book
  • Best Use of This Book
  • 2 A Primer on Genetics
  • Living Things
  • Tinkering Using Technology
  • Survival of the Fittest
  • Timeline of Genetics
  • 3 Sex
  • A Primal Instinct
  • The Primal Instinct for Sex
  • Models of Co-Evolution
  • Computer Simulations
  • Selfish Genes
  • 4 Mating Dance
  • Basic Instinct
  • Mating Dance
  • And Less Love
  • Tug of War In Utero
  • Back into the Past and Future
  • 5 Quest for Perfection
  • Beauty Lies in the Eyes of the Beholder
  • The Myth of Beauty
  • No Choice for Baby
  • Eugenics
  • 6 Invisible Hand in the Human Body Shop
  • The Human Life Cycle
  • Birth Defects
  • The Invisible Hand in Human Body Commerce.