Whose view of life? : embryos, cloning, and stem cells / Jane Maienschein.
Whose view of life? : embryos, cloning, and stem cells / Jane Maienschein.
Whose view of life? : embryos, cloning, and stem cells / Jane Maienschein.
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Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2003.
Date
2003.
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N176/69
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English
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xiii, 342 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. From the Beginning -- 2. Interpreting Embryos, Understanding Life -- 3. Genetics, Embryology, and Cloning Frogs -- 4. Recombinant DNA, IVF, and Abortion Politics -- 5. From Genetics to Genomania -- 6. Facts and Fantasies of Cloning -- 7. Hopes and Hypes for Stem Cells.
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Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2003.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2003.
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"Drawing on her experience as a researcher, teacher, and congressional fellow, Maienschein's analysis serves as an aid to understanding the scientific and social forces that got us to where we are today. For example, she explains the long-established traditions behind conflicting views of how life begins - at conception or gradually, in the course...
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Whose view of life? : embryos, cloning, and stem cells / Jane Maienschein.
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references, p. [307]-328.
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N176/69
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74Vvl27WqLBA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvl27WqLBA
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0674017668 (pbk.)
9780674011700
0674011708
9780674017665 (pbk.)
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176
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991017251429702626
