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The stem cell controversy : debating the issues

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  1. The stem cell controversy : debating the issues / edited by Michael Ruse and Christopher A. Pynes.
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  1. Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2006.

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Additional authors
  1. Ruse, Michael.
  2. Pynes, Christopher A., 1970-
Description
  1. 367 pages; 23 cm.
Series statement
  1. Contemporary issues
Uniform title
  1. Contemporary issues (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Subject
  1. Embryo Research > ethics
  2. Public Policy
  3. Stem Cells
  4. Stem cells > Research > Moral and ethical aspects
Contents
  1. 1. Stem cells : a primer / National Institutes of Health -- 2. The language really matters / Jane Maienschein -- 3. Can old cells learn new tricks? / Gretchen Vogel -- 4. Adult stem cells - a positive perspective / Sidney Houff -- 5. "Parthenotes" expand the debate on stem cells / Rick Weiss -- 6. Paralyzed mouse walks again as scientists fight stem cell ban / Katty Kay and Mark Henderson -- 7. 60 Minutes II, holy grail / Carol Marin -- 8. Human stem cell research and the potential for clinical application / National Bioethics Advisory Commission -- 9. Fetal neuron grafts pave the way for stem cell therapies / Marcia Barinaga -- 10. Promises of stem cells kept / Leigh Shoemaker -- 11. The stem cell slide : be alert to the beginnings of evil / Michael Novak -- 12. Research with human embryonic stem cells : ethical considerations / Geron Ethics Advisory Board -- 13. Ethics and policy in embryonic stem cell research / John A. Robertson -- 14. The ethics and politics of small sacrifices in stem cell research / Glenn McGee and Arthur Caplan -- 15. The ethical case against stem cell research / Soren Holm -- 16. Stem cell research : the failure of bioethics / Don Marquis -- 17. Public stem cell banks : considerations of justice in stem cell research and therapy / Ruth R. Faden, Liza Dawson and Alison S. Bateman-House -- 18. Patients' voices : the powerful sound in the stem cell debate / Daniel Perry -- 19. The stem cell controversy / Ted Peters -- 20. Stem cells and the Catholic Church / Aline H. Kalbian -- 21. Testimony of Abdulaziz Sachedina / Abdulaziz Sachedina for National Bioethics Advisory Commission -- 22. Human embryonic stem cell research : an intercultural perspective / LeRoy Walters -- 23. A time for restraint / Frank E. Young -- 24. The politics and ethics of human embryo and stem cell research / Kenneth J. Ryan -- 25. The basics about stem cells / Maureen L. Condic -- 26. Locating convergence : ethics, public policy, and human stem cell research / Andrew W. Siegel -- 27. Stem cells : public policy and ethics / Cindy R. Towns and D. Gareth Jones -- 28. Ethical consistency in embryonic stem cell research / Simon Clarke.
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references.