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New book. Has publisher overstock mark on the edge. It sounds like a blockbuster Hollywood movie: a [...] New book. Has publisher overstock mark on the edge. It sounds like a blockbuster Hollywood movie: a group of scientists learn how to duplicate cells and transform them into blood, nerve and bone to regenerate different parts of the body. Sheets of living tissue can renew exhausted organs. Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosis and spinal cord patients now have new hope. But this isn't science fiction-it's scientific fact. In the fascinating new book The Golden Cell, Karen van Kampen, a veteran medical journalist, tells us the stories of the people behind the science. She ushers us into the laboratory where one Dr. Michael Kaplitt is reprogramming the overactive brain cells of a Parkinson's sufferer. She looks at the maelstrom of ethical, legal and political issues, as two researchers are forced to sell their stem cell discoveries to "big pharma." And she propels us into the future, talking to a scientist who says he's found the "cellular fountain of youth."A book of people, personalities and politics, all connected by one of the most important scientific discoveries in history, The Golden Cell is an enthralling and provocative read.
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