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CONTENTS
Acknwoledgments, ix
Introduction, 1
PART I Discovery of the Stem Cell's Unique Abilities
1 Morning on the Devil's Highway, 7
2 Head of the Hydra, 19
3 The Furnace of Creation, 31
4 The Ugliest Thing in Medicine, 41
5 The Starter Culture, 51
PART II The Race to Harness the Power of Life
6 California Dreaming, 65
7 Investing in Hope and Hype, 75
8 From Roe to Dickey, 87
9 Division on the Hill, 97
10 Stem Cell Superpowers, 107
11 The Rise and Fall of South Korea's Cloning King, 119
PART III Stem Cell Cures and Curses
12 Therapeutic Cloning and Regenerative Medicine, 133
13 Resolving the Debate: Adult vs. Embryonic Stem Cells, 143
14 Germ of an Idea, 153
15 Needles and Haystacks, 159
16 Banking on Cord Blood, 167
17 So Close and Yet So Far, 175
18 The Mitochondrial Barrier, 183
19 Cautionary Tales: The Coming Stem Cell Decade, 197
20 Epilogue: The Coming Stem Cell Century, 207
Sources, 233
Glossary of Terms, 243
Index, 255