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THE STEM CELL DIVIDE: THE FACTS, THE FICTIONS, AND THE FEAR DRIVING THE GREATEST SCIENTIFIC, POLITICAL, AND RELIGIOUS DEBATE OF OUR TIME
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THE STEM CELL DIVIDE: THE FACTS, THE FICTIONS, AND THE FEAR DRIVING THE GREATEST SCIENTIFIC, POLITICAL, AND RELIGIOUS DEBATE OF OUR TIME Micheal Bellomo New York: AMACOM Press, 2006, 254 pp., $24.95 (hardcover).
Over the past several years, public debate about the ethical and scientific merit of human stem cell research has become increasingly heated. The stakes of this debate were perhaps most clearly marked in August 2001 when President George W. Bush announced his administration's p...
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The Feds Will Help Pay for These Stem Cells
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