Author: Karen Van Kampen
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada
ISBN: 144340005X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
The promise of a regenerative medicine -- the regrowth of lost limbs and organs, new hope for patients with Alzheimer's or multiple sclerosis, the "cellular fountain of youth" -- sounds like science fiction, but it's real and on the cutting edge of medicine. Veteran medical journalist Karen van Kamped looks at this new technology through the stories of the scientists who are creating it and the ethical and legal questions with which they must deal. Many companies and universities in Canada are at the forefront of cellular research, and this fascinating book shows that the next frontier of medicine is unfolding around us.
Golden Cell
Author: Karen Van Kampen
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada
ISBN: 144340005X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
The promise of a regenerative medicine -- the regrowth of lost limbs and organs, new hope for patients with Alzheimer's or multiple sclerosis, the "cellular fountain of youth" -- sounds like science fiction, but it's real and on the cutting edge of medicine. Veteran medical journalist Karen van Kamped looks at this new technology through the stories of the scientists who are creating it and the ethical and legal questions with which they must deal. Many companies and universities in Canada are at the forefront of cellular research, and this fascinating book shows that the next frontier of medicine is unfolding around us.
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada
ISBN: 144340005X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
The promise of a regenerative medicine -- the regrowth of lost limbs and organs, new hope for patients with Alzheimer's or multiple sclerosis, the "cellular fountain of youth" -- sounds like science fiction, but it's real and on the cutting edge of medicine. Veteran medical journalist Karen van Kamped looks at this new technology through the stories of the scientists who are creating it and the ethical and legal questions with which they must deal. Many companies and universities in Canada are at the forefront of cellular research, and this fascinating book shows that the next frontier of medicine is unfolding around us.
Gold Cell
Author: Sharon Olds
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0307760839
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
A dazzling collection of poems by the Pulitzer Prize and T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry winner, called "a poet for these times, a powerful woman who won’t back down" (San Francisco Chronicle). A collection by the much praised poet whose second book The Dead and the Living, was both the Lamont Poetry Selection for 1983 and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0307760839
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
A dazzling collection of poems by the Pulitzer Prize and T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry winner, called "a poet for these times, a powerful woman who won’t back down" (San Francisco Chronicle). A collection by the much praised poet whose second book The Dead and the Living, was both the Lamont Poetry Selection for 1983 and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.
The Entomologist
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Category : Entomology
Languages : en
Pages : 366
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Category : Entomology
Languages : en
Pages : 366
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The Macrolepidoptera of the World
Author: Adalbert Seitz
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Category : Butterflies
Languages : en
Pages : 1218
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Category : Butterflies
Languages : en
Pages : 1218
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Songs and Poems
Author: Emme Maak
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Languages : en
Pages : 474
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Languages : en
Pages : 474
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The Golden Cell
Author: Karen Van Kampen
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780002007948
Category : Biotechnology
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
It sounds like a blockbuster Hollywood movie: a group ofscientists learn how to duplicate cells and transform them into blood, nerve andbone to regenerate different parts of the body. Sheets of living tissue canrenew exhausted organs. Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosis and spinal cordpatients now have new hope. But this isn't science fiction--it's scientific fact. Inthe fascinating new book The Golden Cell, Karen van Kampen, a veteranmedical journalist, tells us the stories of the people behind the science. Sheushers us into the laboratory where one Dr. Michael Kaplitt is reprogramming theoveractive brain cells of a Parkinson's sufferer. She looks at the maelstromof ethical, legal and political issues, as two researchers are forced to selltheir stem cell discoveries to "big pharma." And she propels us intothe future, talking to a scientist who says he's found the "cellularfountain of youth." A book of people, personalities and politics, all connected byone of the most important scientific discoveries in history, The Golden Cell isan enthralling and provocative read. "Today's cells are tomorrow'spills." Dr. Thomas Okarma, CEOof Geron Corporation "We used to think our future wasin the stars. Now we know it is in ourgenes." James Watson, co-discoverer of thedouble helix structure of DNA
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780002007948
Category : Biotechnology
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
It sounds like a blockbuster Hollywood movie: a group ofscientists learn how to duplicate cells and transform them into blood, nerve andbone to regenerate different parts of the body. Sheets of living tissue canrenew exhausted organs. Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosis and spinal cordpatients now have new hope. But this isn't science fiction--it's scientific fact. Inthe fascinating new book The Golden Cell, Karen van Kampen, a veteranmedical journalist, tells us the stories of the people behind the science. Sheushers us into the laboratory where one Dr. Michael Kaplitt is reprogramming theoveractive brain cells of a Parkinson's sufferer. She looks at the maelstromof ethical, legal and political issues, as two researchers are forced to selltheir stem cell discoveries to "big pharma." And she propels us intothe future, talking to a scientist who says he's found the "cellularfountain of youth." A book of people, personalities and politics, all connected byone of the most important scientific discoveries in history, The Golden Cell isan enthralling and provocative read. "Today's cells are tomorrow'spills." Dr. Thomas Okarma, CEOof Geron Corporation "We used to think our future wasin the stars. Now we know it is in ourgenes." James Watson, co-discoverer of thedouble helix structure of DNA
Evolution
Author: Vernon Lyman Kellogg
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Category : Evolution
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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Category : Evolution
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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The Atlantic Monthly
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Category : American essays
Languages : en
Pages : 942
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Category : American essays
Languages : en
Pages : 942
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The Journal of Inebriety
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Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Stem Cell Therapy: A Rising Tide: How Stem Cells Are Disrupting Medicine and Transforming Lives
Author: Neil H. Riordan
Publisher: Neil H Riordan
ISBN: 9780999045305
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Stem cells are the repair cells of your body. When there aren't enough of them, or they aren't working properly, chronic diseases can manifest and persist. From industry leaders, sport stars, and Hollywood icons to thousands of everyday, ordinary people, stem cell therapy has helped when standard medicine failed. Many of them had lost hope. These are their stories. Neil H Riordan, author of MSC: Clinical Evidence Leading Medicine's Next Frontier, the definitive textbook on clinical stem cell therapy, brings you an easy-to-read book about how and why stem cells work, and why they're the wave of the future.
Publisher: Neil H Riordan
ISBN: 9780999045305
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Stem cells are the repair cells of your body. When there aren't enough of them, or they aren't working properly, chronic diseases can manifest and persist. From industry leaders, sport stars, and Hollywood icons to thousands of everyday, ordinary people, stem cell therapy has helped when standard medicine failed. Many of them had lost hope. These are their stories. Neil H Riordan, author of MSC: Clinical Evidence Leading Medicine's Next Frontier, the definitive textbook on clinical stem cell therapy, brings you an easy-to-read book about how and why stem cells work, and why they're the wave of the future.