The Proteus effect : stem cells and their promise for medicine /

Parson, Ann B.

The Proteus effect : stem cells and their promise for medicine / Ann B. Parson. - Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, c2004. - vii, 301 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-275) and index.

Plant or animal? -- Mouse strain 129 -- The purple cell -- Mystery in a dish -- The embryo experiments -- The canary's song -- After the birth of Louise Brown -- Monkeys to humans -- Epic upon epic -- Marrow to brain? -- The art of cell replacement -- After tomorrow.

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Stem cells--Research--History.
Stem cells--Popular works.

QH588.S83 / P37 2004