Cell of Cells: The Global Race to Capture and Control the Stem Cell
By Cynthia Fox.
Description
Positioned at the cutting edge of science, Cell of Cells charts the international race to utilize the stem cell.From a lab in the Sahara, where one problem is sand in the petri dishes, to an Israeli lab that narrowly escapes a terrorist bomb, stem cells have gone global. Not only are the cells studied in an escalating number of labs—and lands—but they are already being used. In Japan, a respected doctor uses the cells to make small women better endowed. In Connecticut, stem cell technology has created cloned cows that roam the hills displaying eerily identical personalities. In ...
ISBN(s)
0393058778, 9780393058772