Stem cells
By: Caroline Green
Series: 21st century science
Publisher: Ticktock
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Tunbridge Wells
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781848981102
Subjects: Stem cells; Juvenile literature; Transplantation; Moral and ethical aspects
Description: This book introduces stem cell research, research with stem cells grown from adult tissues and research on stem cells from embryos only a few days old, and discusses using iPS cells for studying diseases, diseases that attack the cells of the nervous system, and bone marrow transplantation.
Table of contents: title: A medical frontier; title: An ethical minefield; title: The world of the cell. What is a cell? ; What do cells do? ; What are stem cells? ; A short history; title: A medical breakthrough. New treatments ; Where do stem cells come from? ; Induced pluripotent stem cells ; Current treatments; title: Future hopes. Stem cells and the nervous system ; Diseases of the nervous system ; Nervous system damage ; The role of stem cells; title: Stem cells and diabetes. The silent killer ; The role of the pancreas ; Treating diabetes; title: Stem cell science. Immunity and disease ; Building a new heart ; A safer way of testing ; Stem cells and cancer ; Stem cells and blood research; title: Challenge and progress. Teething problems ; Stem cells and ethics ; The problems of tissue rejection ; The dangers of cellular overdrive; title: Into the future. Gene therapy and stem cells ; Tissue engineering ; Stem cells: a world of possibility.