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The Immortal cell : one scientist's quest to solve the mystery of human aging / Michael D. West.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- West, Michael (Michael D.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human cloning--Popular works.
- Human cloning.
- Cells--Aging--Popular works.
- Cells.
- West, Michael (Michael D.).
- West, Michael.
- Gerontologists--United States--Biography.
- Gerontologists.
- Cells--Aging.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Popular works.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Doubleday, 2003.
- Summary:
- "The Immortal Cell" is the extraordinary story of breakthrough discoveries in cell aging, stem cell research, and therapeutic cloning, their impact on the conquest of cancer and other diseases, and the tremendous promise they hold for dramatically extending human life.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Experiment of a Lifetime 1
- Chapter 2 The Green Face of Osiris 14
- Chapter 3 Aging Under Glass 35
- Chapter 4 Ariadne's Thread 57
- Chapter 5 Racing Against the Clock 87
- Chapter 6 The Philosopher's Stone 126
- Chapter 7 Human Therapeutic Cloning: A Maelstrom of Controversy 159
- Chapter 8 The Abolition of Death 209.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-234) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0385509286
- OCLC:
- 52547667
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