Stem cell now : from the experiment that shook the world to the new politics of life / Christopher Thomas Scott.

New York : Pi Press, [2006], ©2006.

xii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Foreword by Donald Kennedy -- Abbreviations -- The experiment that shook the world -- The cell -- How we get to how we are -- A brief history of embryonic stem cells -- Hunting adult stem cells -- Seven questions -- The future of medicine -- The great moral divide -- The consequences of politics -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Acknowledgments.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-227) and index.