Medicine : stem cells, genes, and super-beams /

Find out: if stem cells could help cure many different diseases; if microscopic robots will one day carry out surgery inside blood vessels; and if crocodile blood and fish slime could produce important new drugs. Medicine has been practiced for thousands of years, from the use of plants as medicine,...

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Main Author: Rooney, Anne
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Ill. : Heinemann, c2006.
Series:Cutting edge (Chicago, Ill.).
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