Ebook Download | The Proteus Effect: Stem Cells and Their Promise for Medicine | I have been active in biomedical research advocacy for many years, and in stem cell advocacy for the past four years , and Ann Parson's book is, without a doubt, the best treatment of this subject I have seen yet. Whether you have a science background, are a patient or patient's family member, or just wondered what Ron Reagan was doing at the Democratic convention, you have probably struggled to understand the complexity of stem cell technology. This is a task that has been complicated by all the media "noise" surrounding the field -- the ethical debates, the economic stakes, and the adversarial political climate.
Ann Parson doesn't ignore these issues, but she cuts through and moves beyond them by doing something no one else has thought of doing: she deconstructs the science of stem cells. She takes us back to 1740, to the very earliest biological inquiry into animal regeneration properties, and then brings us forward in time to the present, stacking up the building blocks of acquired knowledge, experiment by experiment, scientist by scientist, until we find ourselves immersed in the goals and implications of stem cell science. Parson gives us lots of scientific information, but suffuses it with human interest and context, making it eminently readable by people of all backgrounds. If you feel like you have a citizen's obligation to figure out what the debate is all about - from the historical, medical, ethical and political perspectives - this is the book to start with.
Ann Parson doesn't ignore these issues, but she cuts through and moves beyond them by doing something no one else has thought of doing: she deconstructs the science of stem cells. She takes us back to 1740, to the very earliest biological inquiry into animal regeneration properties, and then brings us forward in time to the present, stacking up the building blocks of acquired knowledge, experiment by experiment, scientist by scientist, until we find ourselves immersed in the goals and implications of stem cell science. Parson gives us lots of scientific information, but suffuses it with human interest and context, making it eminently readable by people of all backgrounds. If you feel like you have a citizen's obligation to figure out what the debate is all about - from the historical, medical, ethical and political perspectives - this is the book to start with.
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