Fundamentals of the Stem Cell Debate : The Scientific, Religious, Ethical, and Political Issues

Few Recent Advances In Science Have Generated As Much Excitement And Controversy As Human Embryonic Stem Cells. The Potential Of These Cells To Replace Diseased Or Damaged Cells In Virtually Every Tissue Of The Body Heralds The Advent Of An Extraordinary New Field Of Medicine. Controversy Arises, However, Because Current Techniques Required To Harvest Stem Cells Involve The Destruction Of The Human Blastocyst. This Even-handed, Lucidly Written Volume Is An Essential Tool For Understanding The Complex Issues--scientific, Religious, Ethical, And Political--that Currently Fuel Public Debate About Stem Cell Research. One Of The Few Books To Provide A Comprehensive Overview For A Wide Audience, The Volume Brings Together Leading Scientists, Ethicists, Political Scientists, And Doctors To Explain This New Scientific Development And Explore Its Ramifications. Stem Cells / Peter J. Bryant And Philip H. Schwartz -- Therapeutic Uses Of Stem Cells / Philip H. Schwartz And Peter J. Bryant -- Ethical Issues In Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research / Philip J. Nickel -- Religious Perspectives On Embryonic Stem Cell Research / Mahtab Jafari ... [et Al.] -- Political Issues In The Stem Cell Debate : The View From California / Lawrence S.b. Goldstein -- Roots And Branches Of The U.s. National Debate On Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research / Lee L. Zwanziger -- Stem Cell Politics : The Perfect Is The Enemy Of The Good / Sidney H. Golub -- Ethical Issues In Stem Cell Research, Therapy, And Public Policy / Ronald B. Miller. Edited By Kristen Renwick Monroe, Ronald B. Miller, And Jerome S. Tobis. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Includes bibliographical references and indexStem cells / Peter J. Bryant and Philip H. Schwartz -- Therapeutic uses of stem cells / Philip H. Schwartz and Peter J. Bryant -- Ethical issues in human embryonic stem cell research / Philip J. Nickel -- Religious perspectives on embryonic stem cell research / Mahtab Jafari ... [et al.] -- Political issues in the stem cell debate : the view from California / Lawrence S.B. Goldstein -- Roots and branches of the U.S. national debate on human embryonic stem cell research / Lee L. Zwanziger -- Stem cell politics : the perfect is the enemy of the good / Sidney H. Golub -- Ethical issues in stem cell research, therapy, and public policy / Ronald B. MillerElectronic reproduction.Boulder, Colo. :NetLibrary,2007.Available via World Wide Web.Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries Useful for understanding the complex issues - scientific, religious, ethical, and political - that fuel public debate about stem cell research, this book aims to bring together leading scientists, ethicists, political scientists, and doctors to explain this scientific development and explore its ramifications