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- The dance of life : the new science of how a single cell becomes a human being / by Zernicka-Goetz, Magdalena,author.; Highfield, Roger,author.(CARDINAL)324583;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-272) and index."Embryologist Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz has spent two decades unraveling the mysteries of fetal development. By studying embryonic mouse cells, she witnessed the embryo's ability to rid itself of abnormal cells as it prepared for implantation in the womb. When Zernicka-Goetz became pregnant at 44, she received a call that took her by surprise: a sample test of the cells in her own placenta indicated that the fetus had trisomy-2, a disastrous extra copy of the second chromosome, which increased the risk of miscarriage or serious birth defects. It seemed likely that the best choice was to have an abortion. But the plasticity of the embryonic mouse cells in her studies gave her hope; if mouse cells were able to course correct, then perhaps human cells were capable of similar resiliency. Six months later, she gave birth to a healthy baby boy, and the experience inspired her to begin a series of studies to test this hypothesis. Her subsequent experiments with early human embryos and artificial "three parent" embryos were not only groundbreaking; they also proved that embryotic cells could be artificially nurtured through the trials and tribulations of their early development. To say that her work is controversial would be an understatement, but as Zernicka-Goetz notes, harm can arise as much from doing nothing as from taking risks. And with profound implications for stem cell research, infertility treatment, prenatal diagnostic testing, immunotherapy, and genetic engineering, not to mention women's reproductive health, the stakes have never been higher. At once thought-provoking and thoroughly moving, The Dance of Life sheds new light on how a simple fertilized egg becomes a complex human being"--- Subjects: Autobiographies.; Zernicka-Goetz, Magdalena.; Embryologists; Fetus; Embryonic stem cells;
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- Abortion in a changing world. / by Hall, Robert E.,1924-1995.(CARDINAL)163701; Association for the Study of Abortion.(CARDINAL)225285;
Includes bibliographies.Vol. 1. Abortion law reform-the moral basis / John D. Rockefeller III -- The embryologist's view / George W. Corner -- A historian's view / Cyril C. Means, Jr. -- A Protestant minister's view / Joseph F. Fletcher -- A reform rabbi's view / Israel R. Margolies -- A tradition Catholic's view / Thomas J. O'Donnell -- A liberal Catholic's view / Joseph F. Donceel -- Experience with the M-pill / Lars E. Engstrom -- Experience with other antizygotic agents / Sheldon J. Segal -- Experience with suction curettage / Franc Novak -- The obstetrician's view / Johan W. Eliot -- A psychiatrist's view / Jerome M. Kummer -- A pediatrician's view / Martha Yow -- Laws of the world / Ruth Roemer -- Laws of the United States / Roy Lucas -- Experience with the new California law / Edmund W. Overstreet -- Experience with the new British law / Peter Diggory -- A Catholic lawyer's view / David Granfield -- A non-Catholic lawyer's view / Harriet F. Pilpel -- An anthropologist's view / Harry L. Shapiro -- A behavioral scientist's view / Alice S. Rossi -- A sociologist's view / Edwin M. Schur -- The availability of non-hospital abortions / Kenneth R. Whittemore -- The performance of nonhospital abortions / Robert D. Spencer -- The sequelae of nonhospital abortions / Benjamin Viel -- Abortion in India / Sripati Chandrasekhar -- Abortion in Taiwan / L.P. Chow -- Abortion in Japan / Minoru Muramatsu -- Abortion the Near East / Isam R. Nazer -- Abortion in Israel / Roberto Bachi -- Abortion in Greece / Vasilios G. Valaoras -- Abortion in Africa / Oladele Akinla -- Abortion in eastern Europe / Karl-Heinz Mehlan -- Abortion in Scandinavia / Gunnara af Gerijerstam -- Abortion in western Europe / Pierre O. Hubinont -- Abortion in Latin America / Mariano Requena -- Vol. 2. Abortion and animation: The metaphysical conundrum concerning the moment of ensoulment / Thomas A. Wassmer, Israel R Margolies, George W. Corner, Joseph Fletcher, David Granfield, Andie L. Knutson, Cyril C. Means, Jr. & Max L. Stackhouse -- Abortion and poverty: The social discrimination involved in the practice of abortion / Joseph D. Beasley, Philip M. Sarrel, Lawrence Lader, Keneth R. Niswander, Percy E. Sutton & Kenneth R. Whittemore -- Abortion and public health: The medical ravages consequent to extrahospital abortions / Milton Helpern, Edwin M. Gold, Roberto Bachi, Leona Baumgartner, Nusret H. Fisek, Reimert T. Ravenholt & Richard H. Schwarz -- Abortion and psychiatry: The effect of abortion upon psychic equilibrium and vice versa / Theodore Lidz, Harold Rosen, Leon Eisenberg, Jerome M. Kummer, Robert W. Laidlaw, Natalie Shainess & Robert B. White -- Abortion and obstetrics: The means of determining the legitimacy of requests for abortion / Louis M. Hellman, Curtis J. Lund, Irvin M. Cushner, Alan F. Guttmacher, Octavio Rodrigues-Lima, Edmund W. Overstreet & Clyde Randall -- Abortion and morality: The relationship betweebn available abortion and sexual freedom / Garrett Hardin, John V.P. Lassoe, Jr., Daniel Callahan, David M. Feldman, Joseph F. Fletcher, Wardell B. Pomeroy & Ralph B. Potter, Jr. -- Abortion and constitutionaliy: The means of assessing and testing the constitutionality of abortion law in the United States / Harriet F. Pilpel, Zad Leavy, Ralph J. Gampbell, B.J. George, Jr., Roy Lucas, Cyril C. Means, Jr., Eugene Quay & Herman Schwartz -- Abortion and progeny: The role of abortion in preventing congenital derangement and emotional deprivation / Leon Eisenberg, Kenneth R. Niswander, Kurt Hirschhorn, John R. Montgomery, William B. Ober & Philip M. Sarrel -- Abortion and womankind: Abortion as an inherent right, an occasional prerogative or a special privilege / Mary Calderone, Sophia J. Kleegman, Barbara Dohrenwend, Vera Houghton, Ruth W. Lidz, Ruth Roemer, Alice S. Rossi & Natalie Shainess.- Subjects: Conference papers and proceedings.; Abortion;
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