Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 1372 pages
- Published by: Academic Press
- Edition: 3rd Edition October 15, 2007
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0123694108
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0123694102
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Book Dimensions:
11 x 8.6 x 2.2 inches
- Weighs: 7 pounds
Reader Reviews
In the history of scientific literature, especially in the life sciences, there have been a few books that have endured. One was Wilson's Cytology, the other was Dan Mazia's book that established cell biology. The third is this one. Atala and his gang have conspired to compose a dazzling array of facts and factoids about the recurrent problem of biological strategies for healing tissues. While that odious term "stem cells" as opposed to the less emotional "multipotent progenitor cells or MPC" is used with abandon, the purpose of the book is to establish regenerative medicine as a legitimate endeavor. The authors have completed a monumental feat in getting so many contributors to deliver manuscripts on time, and for managing to cover a vast amount of the scientific landscape. Of course. the wary reader will find items of oversight eg, endogenous retroviruses in human and mouse cells, or rigid cytological characterization of the so called "stem cell lines" promoted by a high official who has never studied biology, even at Yale. I recommend this hefty book to almost any one who has ever wondered about regrowing an amputated thumb or who actually did study biology.
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