The Immortal Cell: One Scientist's Quest to Solve the Mystery of Human Aging"The Immortal Cell" is the extraordinary story of breakthrough discoveries in cell aging, stem cell research, and therapeutic cloning, their impact on the conquest of cancer and other diseases, and the tremendous promise they hold for dramatically extending human life. |
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| Title | The Immortal Cell: One Scientist's Quest to Solve the Mystery of Human Aging |
| Author | Michael D. West |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Doubleday, 2003 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jan 27, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0385509286, 9780385509282 |
| Length | 244 pages |
| Subjects | › › Science / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics |
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