Edited by Kristen Renwick Monroe, Ronald B. Miller, and Jerome Tobis. 218 pp., illustrated. Berkeley, University of California Press, 2008. $50 (cloth); $19.95 (paper). ISBN 978-0-520-25210-3 (cloth); 978-0-520-25212-7 (paper).
Human embryonic stem cells were isolated 10 years ago with theuse of knowledge that had been gained from more than 20 yearsof research in rodents and nonhuman primates. The scientificgoalposts have changed constantly since then, and each changehas sent ripples through the religious, ethical, and politicalissues that are related to stem-cell research. This book isdrawn from conference presentations that were made in May 2004by 13 faculty members and students, mostly from the Universityof California at Irvine. It now serves as a marker in what hasbeen a turbulent 10-year period. Yet it . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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