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BL
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1038215
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b792585
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Main Entry
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Shostak, Stanley.
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Title & Author
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Becoming immortal : : combining cloning and stem-cell therapy /\ Stanley Shostak.
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Publication Statement
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Albany :: State University of New York Press,, ©2002.
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Page. NO
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1 online resource (xii, 309 pages) :: illustrations
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ISBN
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0585465746
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: 0791454010
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: 0791454029
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: 0791488411
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: 9780585465746
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: 9780791454015
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: 9780791454022
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: 9780791488416
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-292) and index.
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Contents
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Becoming Immortal -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- 1. Quo Vadis? -- WHY BECOME IMMORTAL? -- HAS LIFE CHANGED? -- "HELLO, DOLLY!" AND SALUTATIONS TO STEM CELLS -- WHY WE ARE NOT IMMORTAL OR WHAT IS LIFE ANYWAY? -- ACHIEVING IMMORTALITY THROUGH BIOTECHNOLOGY -- 2. Why Immortality Cannot Evolve -- WHERE DOES LONGEVITY COME FROM, AND WHY HAS EVOLUTION MADE US MORTAL RATHER THAN IMMORTAL? -- WHAT IS AN EVOLUTIONARY VIEW OF LONGEVITY, AND WHY ARE THE PROSPECTS SO BLEAK FOR ACHIEVING IMMORTALITY THROUGH EVOLUTION? -- AFTERWORD: IMMORTALITY TRIUMPHANT! -- 3. Why Immortality Cannot Develop.
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DEVELOPMENT'S "WHO, WHERE, WHAT, WHEN, HOW, AND WHY?" -- DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO EMBRYOLOGISTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGISTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- 4. Life's Fundamental Feature: Devolution -- GETTING DOWN TO BASICS: LIFE BEGINS -- AN INTRODUCTION TO DEVOLUTION -- THE DEVOLUTION OF EUCARYA -- THE DEVOLUTION OF SEX -- THE DEVOLUTION OF METAZOA -- THE DEVOLUTION OF LIFE HISTORIES -- THE DEVOLUTION OF DEATH -- CONCLUSIONS -- 5. Making Immortals: From Blastocyst to Generator -- TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT CLONING -- TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT STEM CELLS -- MAKING IMMORTALS -- MAKING GENERATORS.
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Epilogue: Reprise and Prediction -- PROSPECTS FOR IMMORTALIZATION -- ADJUSTMENTS REQUIRED BY IMMORTALIZATION -- AT WHAT COST? -- Endotes -- NOTES TO PREFACE -- NOTES TO CHAPTER 1 -- NOTES TO CHAPTER 2 -- NOTES TO CHAPTER 4 -- NOTES TO CHAPTER 5 -- NOTES TO EPILOGUE -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
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Subject
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Human cloning.
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Stem cells-- Research.
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Cellules souches-- Recherche.
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Clonage humain.
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Human cloning.
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MEDICAL-- Reproductive Medicine Technology.
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Stem cells-- Research.
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Cellules souches-- Recherche.
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Clonage humain.
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Cloning, Organism.
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Evolution.
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Human cloning.
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Stem cells-- Research.
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Stem cells.
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Cloning, Organism.
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Biotechnologie.
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Evolutie.
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Klonering.
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Onsterfelijkheid.
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Stamcellen.
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Biological Evolution.
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Biotechnology.
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Embryo Research.
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Evolution
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Forecasting.
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Genetic Research.
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Longevity.
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Stem Cells.
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Dewey Classification
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612.6
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LC Classification
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QH442.2.S564 2002eb
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NLM classification
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2002 F-769
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QH 442.2S559b 2002
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Q785clc
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R321clc
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R459. 9clc
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