The stem cell controversy
Subtitle: debating the issues
By: edited by Michael Ruse and Christopher A. Pynes.
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Amherst, NY
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781591020301
Table of contents: title: President George W. Bush on stem cell research; title: Editors' general introduction; title: Part 1 : The science of stem cells.; title: Stem cells : a primer / National Institutes of Health; title: The language really matters / Jane Maienschein; title: Can old cells learn new tricks? / Gretchen Vogel; title: Adult stem cells : a positive perspective / Sidney Houff; title: "Parthenotes" expand the debate on stem cells / Rick Weiss; title: Part 2 : Medical cures and promises.; title: Paralyzed mouse walks again as scientists fight stem cell ban / Katty Kay and Mark Henderson; title: 60 Minutes II, Holy Grail / Carol Marin; title: Human stem cell research and the potential for clinical application / National Bioethics Advisory Commission; title: Fetal neuron grafts pave the way for stem cell therapies / Marcia Barinaga; title: Part 3 : Moral issues.; title: The stem cell slide : be alert to the beginnings of evil / Michael Novak; title: Research with human embryonic stem cells : ethical considerations / Green Ethics Advisory Board; title: Ethics and policy in embryonic stem cell research / John A. Robertson; title: The ethics and politics of small sacrifices in stem cell research / Glenn McGee and Arthur Caplan; title: Part 4 : Religious issues.; title: Testimony of Nathan Salley / Nathan Salley for National Bioethics Advisory Commission; title: Patients' voices : the powerful sound in the stem cell debate / Daniel Perry; title: Testimony of Ronald Cole-Turner for National Bioethics Advisory Commission; title: Testimony of Father Demetrios Demopulos / Demetrios Demopulos for National Bioethics Advisory Commission; title: Stem cells and the Catholic Church / Aline H. Kalbian; title: Testimony of Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff / Elliot N. Dorff for National Bioethics Advisory Commission; title: Testimony of Abdulaziz Sachedina / Abdulaziz Sachedina for National Bioethics Advisory Commission; title: Part 5 : Policy issues.; title: A time for restraint / Frank E. Young; title: The politics and ethics of human embryo and stem cell research / Kenneth J. Ryan; title: Ethical issues in human stem cell research : conclusions and recommendations / National Bioethics Advisory Commission; title: The basics about stem cells / Maureen L. Condic; title: Locating convergence : ethics, public policy, and human stem cell research / Andrew W. Siegel; title: Glossary