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| By: Susan K. Stewart, Jan Sugar, Mona Daly ISBN: 0964735210 Publisher: Not Avail Release Date: 01 March, 2000 Bioscience book rank: 881052 | My wife has been getting treatment for a rare and very aggressive form of lymphoma. It has responded to treatment, however, her body will not accept further standard chemo therapy treatments and we are left with several options, including an autolgous stem cell transplant.
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<br />The book is rather basic and covers the bare material needed to understand what will happen during the transplant. I didn't find it particularly dificult to read and it has a significant amount of very valuable information. It deals with touchy issues such as pain management and post transplant sex in an open and forthright manner. It also provides information on how to deal with insurance company rejection.
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<br />My one complaint about the book is that is was published several years ago and treatments are changing rapidly with new solutions being put in place evry day. Some of the material is outdated and the book needs to be updated to include newer information.
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<br />Overall, I would suggest this book to anyone who is facing to option of this type of transpalant. It doesn't provide all the answers, but does give a good overview and opens up areas to be discussed with your doctor. I was my sisters caregiver when she had a stem cell transplant for ovarian cancer and the family was given this book from the hospital to read. The book really did not go into enough depth on the reality of the transplant and what to expect from it for the patient and the family. My seventy five year old mother had trouble understanding it. I felt this book was "sugar coating" what really happens physically and emotionally to the patient, caregiver and family members. | |
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| By: Lothar Kanz, Katja C. Weisel, John Dick, Willem E. Fibbe ISBN: 1573316768 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Release Date: 27 July, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 1093042 | ||
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| By: Christopher A. Klug, Craig T. Jordan ISBN: 0896038122 Publisher: Humana Press Release Date: 15 December, 2001 Bioscience book rank: 1029533 | ||
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| By: Jeri Freedman ISBN: 1404219285 Publisher: Rosen Central Release Date: 30 September, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 1010200 | ||
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| By: Kerry Atkinson, Richard Champlin, Jerome Ritz, Willem E. Fibbe, Per Ljungman, Malcom K. Brenner ISBN: 0521829127 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Release Date: 08 December, 2003 Bioscience book rank: 954404 | ||
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| By: Ann Kiessling, Scott C. Anderson ISBN: 0763743860 Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers Release Date: 31 October, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 988504 | This is a great book! I am not an expert in the field, but follow the Stem Cell field, as do many of us. I bought 10 more copies, to give to relatives and friends who are also keen to understand this new science area. The examples are clear, and those of us with moderate biology background can follow the whole book. This book should be mailed to every governor and member of congress. If you had only one text to learn about stem cells, this is it. From the cutting edge of the biology known by the world's top scientists to broad ethical concerns this text covers it all. If you aren't in the field the reading will soon be challenging but the text has an excellent glossary which is guaranteed to be well worn by the time you finish. The first edition of this text was very well received. The second is even better. <br /> In my opinion this book is poorly written -- grammatical errors, convoluted sentences, poor organisation -- and in places appears to be just plain wrong. For example, the first paragraph on page 11 (!!) seems wrong -- egg cells also contain half the number of chromosomes -- and it gets worse. I should have been tipped off by the fact that the book is published by a no-name press, and definitely by the grovelling introduction by the professor touted on page 9 -- but it was too late by then, I had already bought the thing. | |
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| By: Stewart Sell ISBN: 1588291138 Publisher: Humana Press Release Date: 01 November, 2003 Bioscience book rank: 281689 | Im a student in Biology. <br /> <br />I've found this book really helpful and well written. <br />It points out clearly concepts and it's a pleasure to read and learn from it. <br /> <br />5 Stars! | |
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| By: Alan Marzilli ISBN: 0791092305 Publisher: Chelsea House Publications Release Date: 30 January, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 988339 | ||
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| By: Gerd Kempermann ISBN: 0195179714 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Release Date: 28 November, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 900600 | Adult neurogenesis - the generation of new neurons in the adult brain - is one of the most exciting fields of inquiry in the neurosciences. Most people believed it to be impossible until quite recently. Gradually that view gave way to another: that perhaps it could occur under certain special circumstances. Now it has become an accepted part of mammalian neurobiology. While the best evidence for adult neurogenesis is in the olfactory bulb and hippocampus. There are tantalizing clues that it may also occur in other regions of the adult brain. <br /> <br />This is one of the first books in English to provide a comprehensive account of this fascinating field. It is written by Gerd Kempermann, who is Head of the Research Group, Neural Stem Cells, at the Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin-Buch in Germany, who is a recognized leader in the field. <br /> <br />The twelve chapters are arranged logically and systematically: <br />1. Introduction <br />2. History <br />3. Neural Stem Cells <br />4. Neuronal Development <br />5. Neurogenesis in Adult Olfactory System <br />6. Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis <br />7. Technical Notes <br />8. Neurogenic and Non-neurogenic Regions <br />9. Regulation <br />10. Function <br />11. Adult Neurogenesis in Different Animal Species <br />12. Medicine <br /> <br />Beginning with a brief overview and historical background, the book moves on to discuss theories of adult neurogenesis and neural stem cell biology in learning and memory as well as structural plasticity. After describing neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus and olfactory system, Professor Kempermann takes us through the current state of knowledge about the regulation and functions of neurogenesis. I particularly liked the last section where he tries - with some success - to tie failures of adult neurogenesis with some neurological diseases including temporal lobe epilepsy, major depression, some brain tumors and dementias. Some of these ideas have been published in scholarly articles over the last five years, but here the ideas are collected together and developed for the first time. <br /> <br />There is an important point that I could not find in the book: loss of the ability to smell, or to distinguish smells, are common early features of Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia. In both there may also be pathology in the hippocampus. So the link between loss of olfaction and loss of memory may be impaired neurogenesis in the two sites. <br /> <br />The book is well written, despite English being a second language for the author. The illustrations are well selected and well produced. <br /> <br />At a time when it takes months or even a year or more to publish papers in the scientific literature, it is always difficult to try and keep books up to date. This one has plenty of citations up to the second half of 2004. <br /> <br />Serious students will want to use this book as a starting point and then supplement it with some reviews from the literature. (Interested readers will find regular updates on adult neurogenesis on my blogs.) <br /> <br />This book is an easy read and will be of interest to anyone interested in the brain and the mind, how things can go wrong, and some of the extraordinary promise of adult neurogenesis. <br /> <br />Highly recommended. | |
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| By: Yvonne Perry ISBN: 1933449411 Publisher: Nightengale Press Release Date: 01 October, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 1023413 | I purchased this book because I enjoyed Yvonne Perry's book, "More Than Meets The Eye". Although it contains a clearly different subject matter, I enjoyed it just the same. I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of research the author obviously accomplished. Even though the book contains a lot of scientific and technical data - it reads effortlessly. What an eye opener! For those very few who are informed in the intricacies of stem cell research and for the probably over 90% of those who aren't informed, this book will enlighten you, surprise you, and even raise your ire. I suspect it will be a huge push for those sitting on <br />the fence on this issue, and will entrench those who have already decided to support stem <br />cell research. It's plainly obvious that the author has conducted hundreds of hours of <br />research, and has left no stone unturned. Every possible viewpoint , from every possible <br />religious and political arena, has been examined, and questions have been answered. <br />It is explained explicitly what an embryonic stem cell is , and what it isn't. Embryonic is <br />a misnomer, in that it is not an embryo, just sitting, multiplying in a Petrie dish. It is only <br />an embryo when it is implanted into a woman's womb, and which is the only way conception can take place. An embryonic stem cell is called a blastocyst, and should be <br />referred to as such, so as not to confuse the uninformed public. This particular stem cell <br />has so much more potential for cures, due to it's ability to become any type of cell that's <br />needed. The author cites the laws and how this issue has become such a political football. <br />Federal funding, which Bush has vetoed, would give this field of stem cell research <br />tremendous potential to cure diseases from Diabetes to traumatic brain injuries, to <br />spinal cord injuries. Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson's disease also are diseases <br />which could have potential cures. I recommend this book to everyone, especially those <br />who have any of these diseases or have loved ones with any of these diseases. It's <br />unfortunate that most likely , only those with an already open mind, will read this book. <br />I feel that it is our obligation as human beings, to be informed and up to date on such a life changing <br />issue, and this book truly does this. <br />Dale Morrison 2/3/08 <br /> Limited knowledge of basic embryology provide you with a shell-game of half-truths and lies. You'll look foolish (at best) to many - and bore the heck out of the rest. [See how long you read THIS review with full attention - then imagine a listner following for 340 pages.] <br /> <br />For example, "there is a difference between an embryo and a blastocyst" when a blastocyst is a sub-stage of development within the embryonic. All blastocysts are embryos, but not all embryos are at the blastocyst stage. The statement is technically true - but not for the arguments based upon it here. <br /> <br />"Embryonic' stem cell research is conducted outside the body on a cluster of cells known as a blastocyst". First, blastocysts are not 'a cluster of cells'. That would be a morula. A blastocyst is "A thin-walled hollow structure in early embryonic development that contains a cluster of cells called the inner cell mass (ICM)." A blastocyst is structured and composed of several parts that do not lead to the creation of embryonic stem cells. The outside part(trophoblast) is discarded as is the cytotrophoblast. To acquire stem cells from this stage of development, the blastocyst is deconstructed. But, not all cells from ICM make stem cell lines, which is why only around 200 exist today despite almost a decade of attempts made around the world. Furthermore, not all embryonic stem cells come from the blastocyst stage. Israel, for example, uses 14-day (gestational) embryos, that have already gone through gastrulation. The three germ layers, have already been established & the nervous system is begining to form. Technically, 'embryonic' stem cells can (and do) come from gestational age preceding the fetal stage, or up to 8-9 wks. <br /> <br />Or, "Those in opposition have no biological basis for believing that stem cells derived from 3- to 5-day-old fertilized eggs cultivated in a laboratory are human embryos," when EVERY EMBRYOLOGY BOOK SAYS something like: "Human development begins after the union of male and female gametes or germ cells during a process known as fertilization (conception). "Fertilization is a sequence of events that begins with the contact of a sperm (spermatozoon) with a secondary oocyte (ovum) and ends with the fusion of their pronuclei (the haploid nuclei of the sperm and ovum) and the mingling of their chromosomes to form a new cell. This fertilized ovum, known as a zygote, is a large diploid cell that is the beginning, or primordium, of a human being." <br />[Moore, Keith L. Essentials of Human Embryology. Toronto: B.C. Decker Inc, 1988, p.2] More current publications often use 'activated' vs. 'fertilized' egg to include SCNT and other methods now used to create the zygote. <br /> <br />Biologically speaking the where has no impact on the what. <br /> <br />Don't buy this book unless you want to appear ignorant or boring and feel deception is appropriate to get your way. If you DO want to use the arguments here, please read some embryology texts first so you can know the difference between what the author says and facts. | |
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