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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| Language: | English |
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Chicago, Ill. :
Heinemann,
c2006.
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| Series: | Cutting edge (Chicago, Ill.).
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Table of Contents:
- The big picture
- Stem cells
- Working with genes
- Man and machine
- Super-beams
- New parts for old
- Superbugs and superdrugs
- Glossary
- Further resources
- Index.