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Cloning researchers claim to have cloned an embryo that is mostly human, but also part animal. Biotech companies brag about manufacturing human embryos as "products" for use in medical treatments. Echoing long discredited master-race thinking, James Watson, who won a Nobel Prize for co-discovering the DNA double helix, claims that genetically enhanced people will someday "dominate the world." Events are moving so fast--and biotechnology seems so complicated--that many of us worry that we can't have an informed opinion about these issues that are remaking the human future before our very eyes. But now Wesley J. Smith provides us with a guide to the brave new world that is no longer a figment of our imagination but right around the corner of our lives. Smith starts with the basic questions. What are stem cells? What is the difference between embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells and which is most promising for medical therapy? What does embryonic stem cell research involve and why is it so controversial? What is its relationship to human cloning? But in addition to explaining the science of stem cells, this highly readable and carefully researched book reports on the garg
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Wesley J Smith; Ebrary, Inc
- Publisher
- Encounter Books ; NetLibrary
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781893554993
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Political Science, Technology, Science
- Rating
- 3.82 / 5 (15 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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