stem cell books

	Blood And Marrow Stem Cell Transplantation: Principles, Practice, And Nursing Insights
	By: Kim Schmit-pokorny, Susan Ezzone ISBN: 076374719X Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers Release Date: 22 May, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 1398096
	Time Magazine December 3 2007 - What Makes Us Good/Evil, Barack Around The Clock, The Stem-Cell Breakthrough, Holiday Hits and Misses (Vol. 170 No. 23)
	By: Time Magazine ISBN: B000ZUBPN6 Publisher: Time Inc. Release Date: 2007 Bioscience book rank: 2177916
	America Debates Stem Cell Research (America Debates)
	By: Jeri Freedman ISBN: 1404219285 Publisher: Rosen Central Release Date: 30 September, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 547588
	Stem Cell Research (Biomedical Ethics Reviews) (Biomedical Ethics Reviews)
	By: James M. Humber, Robert F. Almeder ISBN: 1588294013 Publisher: Humana Press Release Date: 20 October, 2003 Bioscience book rank: 1725048
	Stem Cell Assays (Methods in Molecular Biology)
	By: Mohan C. Vemuri ISBN: 1588297446 Publisher: Humana Press Release Date: 10 August, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 2105789
	Adult Neurogenesis And Neural Stem Cells in Mammals
	By: Philippe Taupin ISBN: 1594548560 Publisher: Nova Biomedical Books Release Date: January, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 1858463
	Neural Development and Stem Cells (Contemporary Neuroscience)
	By: Mahendra S. Rao ISBN: 1588294811 Publisher: Humana Press Release Date: 15 September, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 1718050
	Stem Cells Cancer and Me
	By: John E. McNamara ISBN: 1434310221 Publisher: AuthorHouse Release Date: 16 July, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 1345931
	Stem Cells And Myocardial Regeneration (Contemporary Cardiology)
	By: Marc S. Penn ISBN: 1588296644 Publisher: Humana Press Release Date: 01 October, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 1698823
	We Can Build You: Transplantation, Stem Cells, and the Future of Our Bodies: First in a series of articles on the 21st Century biomedical revolution
	By: Gregory Benford, Michael Rose ISBN: Publisher: Amazon.com Release Date: 25 July, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 1179932	In WE CAN BUILD YOU, varying angles of biological issues (and tissues) were brought forth with an artistic finesse which was part horrifying, part glamorous. That finesse was worked through two interjections: <br /> <br />1. References to Mary Shelly's Frankenstein (which made me want to reread the original novel). <br /> <br />2. A brief history of body-buffing biology alternated with italicized snippets of a hypothetical guy whose life was extended by body parts replaced or repaired over a period of years, until the ultimate "fix" was forthcoming. <br /> <br />Questions about where to draw lines brought me to ask, "If I could, would I partake of "out there" medical procedures?" Of course, lack of means would be the first moot point. <br /> <br />What I've appreciated most about articles in this series (those which I've reviewed, GODS & SCIENCE, MOTES IN GOD'S EYE, HIGH FRONTIER) is that they've provided information allowing my mind to rise above the weight, drudgery, and dread in presently solidified societies. The lift was enough to seed hope for a future which could realistically arrive through labors of the scientific community. <br /> <br />The style of these pieces created a tangible perspective blended with palpable anticipation, resulting in reading material which was approachable, intriguing, and ultimately refreshing. <br /> <br />I came away from WE CAN BUILD YOU concluding that I would not want to have a liver transplant under today's deals; yet I came away with hope that a simple, possibly affordable procedure in the future might be worth the non-monitory costs. Currently for me (and possibly for physicians themselves), many medical options using surgical or chemical intrusions seem too complex, too brutally uncivilized, too far from anything which feels natural, to be able to take physical or spiritual comfort in use of them. However, this article gave a welcome sense of a positive direction which might return healing arts and sciences to an alignment with a universal flow of natural process, which would honor body/soul connections rather than cause a ragged splitting. <br /> <br />I'm speaking of something less structured than formalized religion versions of soul/body links, though I believe that even some of the more severe within those viewpoints might be pleasantly surprised to be able to align without spiritual loss, with some of the possibilities to come in these fields. I'm not sure how I got that feeling from reading WE CAN BUILD YOU, because this article did not paint a hyped or pretty picture of the history of, nor of the present offerings in any body rebuild "deals." <br /> <br />Yet, as noted, I did feel a lifting hope somewhere amidst this history of broken bones, spilled blood, and spewed carnage. <br /> <br />What I want to avoid losing is the right (and the means) to choose to leave my physical life, to rise on wings of soul to a different, lighter, kinder way of being, to rejoin spirits of my loved ones (and to go with my soul mate). I'm not sure if I'd want to stay here forever, even in a body able to continue functioning with ease and grace, by whatever means. I'm not sure I want to take the "long way home" ... to evolve (walk?), with feet-on-the-ground, from "here" directly into what might be seen as a heaven (from whence we came?). <br /> <br />Here's a far fetched fantasy for you: <br /> <br />Maybe we'll one day have various options of "heavens" and various means of getting there, from a continuum of physical evolution, manipulation, transplantation, and transformation; to a type of immediate, personal, individual "ascension" (or astral projection). I mean, metaphysics exists, too. <br /> <br />I've been concluding my reviews of this series with references to Hegel, the largely misunderstood German philosopher. Here, I'll speculate that one day a healing SYNTHESIS might occur in human (re)construction (with options to retain that which is beyond the body, yet belongs with it). At the moment, we appear to be embroiled in an ANTITHESIS of almost everything. Maybe science is part of an ever-evolving THESIS, or maybe it's aligned with the continual ANTITHESIS. <br /> <br />According to Hegel's DIALECTICAL MATERIALISM, life is in an evolution of growth and consciousness, through a sequential trilogy of motion: THESIS, ANTITHESIS, SYNTHESIS. Looking from a certain angle, Hegel might be seen as an ultimate optimist; he may even have worn Rose Tints! However, the stages of ANTITHESIS have been too often brutally UGLY, with suffering and carnage. I keep hoping it's "Time for an Easy Spree." (See Ravenova's Review on my novel, THE ROSE AND THE PYRAMID). <br /> <br />Various Versions of Oz, can you hear me now? <br /> <br />Linda G. Shelnutt