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Stem Cell Century: Law and Policy for a Breakthrough Technology

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As a stem cell research advocate (a California law named after my son, Roman Reed, inspired the nation's first state funding of embryonic stem cell research) I am constantly on the lookout for books which clarify difficult issues.

"Stem Cell Century" is a clear and understandable summary of key legal questions in this vital area.

Libraries, advocates, lawyers, and regular folks will find much of value here.

Don C. Reed, [...]

Stem Cell Century, by Russell Korobkin (with Stephen R. Munzer), enables non-scientists and scientists alike to understand stem cell research in all its facets. The book explains what stem cells are in clear, non-technical terms, together with what scientists hope to achieve through research on them -- "the promise and the hype," as Korobkin puts it. He then describes the moral and public-policy issues involved in embryonic stem cell research in ways that those unfamiliar with such ethical and legal discourse need not fear. Quite the contrary, one comes away from reading this book with a thorough understanding of why so many people have invested so much thought in this -- and why that effort was well spent. This book is a real contribution to each of us as thinking citizens and to society as a whole as we seek to make moral decisions and public policy on this issue as intelligently as possible.