Human
Embryonic Stem Cells,
Second Edition
An Introduction to the Science and
Therapeutic Potential
by Ann A. Kiessling, PhD, Scott. C. Anderson
Written by Dr. Ann Kiessling, founder of the Bedford
Stem Cell Research Foundation, and director of the only research
laboratory
in the United States to conduct
Stem Cell Research
on unfertilized human eggs. Founded in 1996, BSCRF has been
working on this critical research since 2001, find
out more about the Foundation here.
The first book to
thoroughly document the current state of human embryonic stem
cell research. Essential
reading for anyone interested in the controversial science that
could heal more than 60% of the American population.
• Provides an inside look
from one of the primary researchers in stem-cell science (Kiessling),
making
this an
authoritative text.
• Never-before-seen pictures of human eggs.
• An easy-to-understand overview at the beginning of each chapter.
• Second half of each chapter delivers detailed molecular biology of
human embryonic stem cells.
• Section on ethics brings more science to the debate, raising important
questions for the reader.
• The text provides the results of the latest research with therapeutic
embryonic stem cells, as well as a chapter on ethics that could be useful in
a bioethics program.
• Preview the first edition of this book on Google Books.
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Book
Details
Second Edition:
ISBN-10: 0763743860,
ISBN-13: 978-0763743864, Cover: Paperback, 288 pages, Copyright: 2006
First Edition:
ISBN: 076372341X, Cover:
Paperback, 200 pages, Copyright: 2003
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a Review: A
Shelf of Stem Cells by
Rachel Fink, Department
of Biological Sciences, Mount Holyoke College Filled
with detail, this is the stem cell textbook I will use for my seminar
class this coming semester. The book is divided
into five parts: The Basics; Egg Specific Functions; Embryonic Stem Cells;
Stem Cell Therapies; and Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Society. It has
a thoughtful and lively writing style, and the authors have written it
for a wide audience. (view
it as a PDF)
Book Description:
Human Embryonic Stem Cells:
An Introduction to the Science and Therapeutic Potential, Second
Edition
The
second edition of Kiessling and Anderson's text, Human Embryonic
Stem Cells, continues to address the social, legal and ethical
debates resulting from the Bush Administrations restriction of
federal funding for embryonic stem cell therapy. The emerging field
of human embryonic stem cell biomedicine crosses many disciplinary
boundaries -- cell biology, reproductive biology, embryology, molecular
biology, endocrinology, immunology, fetal medicine, transplantation
medicine, and surgery. This single reference provides basic information
from these multiple disciplines as it pertains to the science of
stem cells.
About the Authors:
Ann A. Kiessling received her PhD
in Biochemistry/Biophysics in 1971 at Oregon State University. She did
postdoctoral work in the laboratories of Paul
Neiman, Lloyd Old and Mehran Goulian before becoming an Associate Professor
of Ob/Gyn
at Oregon Health Sciences University, and the Director of the Embryo Culture
Facility at the Oregon Reproductive Research and Fertility Program. In
1986, Dr. Kiessling moved to Boston to become Director of the In Vitro
Fertilization
Laboratory at Brigham and Women's Hospital and an Associate Professor of
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at the Harvard Medical
School. In 1990 she became the Director of Reproductive Biology at Faulkner
Hospital
in Boston and Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Kiessling has published over 80 papers in refereed journals and a
half dozen
book chapters, and she lectures widely as an invited speaker on reproductive
issues and STDs.
Scott C. Anderson has been writing
books and articles on cutting-edge technology for fifteen years. He has
worked with Dr. Kiessling before on educational
videos designed to explain the exquisite biochemistry of egg maturation and
AIDS infection. He lives with his wife and ten-year-old twins in California's
beautiful wine country.
Excerpt:
The social debate and resulting
moratorium by the Bush Administration against federal funding for
research involving
the creation
of human embryos for stem cell therapy prompted the writing of this
text. The emerging field of human embryonic stem cell biomedicine
crosses many
disciplinary boundaries -- cell biology, reproductive biology, embryology,
molecular biology, endocrinology, immunology, fetal medicine, transplantation
medicine and surgery. This single reference provides basic information
from these multiple disciplines as it pertains to the science of
stem cells. |
Activated Egg Symposium, November 5, 2010