Embryos under the microscope :: the diverging meanings of life /
Too tiny to see with the naked eye, the human embryo was just a hypothesis until the microscope made observation of embryonic development possible. This changed forever our view of the minuscule cluster of cells that looms large in questions about the meaning of life. This book examines how our scie...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Too tiny to see with the naked eye, the human embryo was just a hypothesis until the microscope made observation of embryonic development possible. This changed forever our view of the minuscule cluster of cells that looms large in questions about the meaning of life. This book examines how our scientific understanding of the embryo has evolved from the earliest speculations of natural philosophers to today's biological engineering, with its many prospects for life-enhancing therapies. Jane Maienschein shows that research on embryos has always revealed possibilities that appear promising to some but deeply frightening to others, and she makes a persuasive case that public understanding must be informed by up-to-date scientific findings. Direct observation of embryos greatly expanded knowledge but also led to disagreements over what investigators were seeing. Biologists confirmed that embryos are living organisms undergoing rapid change and are not in any sense functioning persons. They do not feel pain or have any capacity to think until very late stages of fetal development. New information about DNA led to discoveries about embryonic regulation of genetic inheritance, as well as evolutionary relationships among species. Scientists have learned how to manipulate embryos in the lab, taking them apart, reconstructing them, and even synthesizing -- practically from scratch -- cells, body parts, and maybe someday entire embryos. Showing how we have learned what we now know about the biology of embryos, Maienschein changes our view of what it means to be alive. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (x, 336 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| spelling | Maienschein, Jane, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85171188 Embryos under the microscope : the diverging meanings of life / Jane Maienschein. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014. ©2014 1 online resource (x, 336 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent still image sti rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda nat Americans lcdgt gdr Women lcdgt Includes bibliographical references and index. Recurring questions, seeing and believing -- Hypothetical and observed embryos with microscopes at work -- Experimental embryos in the laboratory -- Inherited, evolved, and computed embryos -- The visible human embryo -- The idea of engineered and constructed embryos -- Constructing embryos for society, stem cells in action -- Constraints and opportunities for construction -- Therefore ... Too tiny to see with the naked eye, the human embryo was just a hypothesis until the microscope made observation of embryonic development possible. This changed forever our view of the minuscule cluster of cells that looms large in questions about the meaning of life. This book examines how our scientific understanding of the embryo has evolved from the earliest speculations of natural philosophers to today's biological engineering, with its many prospects for life-enhancing therapies. Jane Maienschein shows that research on embryos has always revealed possibilities that appear promising to some but deeply frightening to others, and she makes a persuasive case that public understanding must be informed by up-to-date scientific findings. Direct observation of embryos greatly expanded knowledge but also led to disagreements over what investigators were seeing. Biologists confirmed that embryos are living organisms undergoing rapid change and are not in any sense functioning persons. They do not feel pain or have any capacity to think until very late stages of fetal development. New information about DNA led to discoveries about embryonic regulation of genetic inheritance, as well as evolutionary relationships among species. Scientists have learned how to manipulate embryos in the lab, taking them apart, reconstructing them, and even synthesizing -- practically from scratch -- cells, body parts, and maybe someday entire embryos. Showing how we have learned what we now know about the biology of embryos, Maienschein changes our view of what it means to be alive. In English. Print version record. Embryology, Human Popular works. Human embryo Popular works. Developmental biology Popular works. Embryo Research Embryologie humaine Ouvrages de vulgarisation. Embryon humain Ouvrages de vulgarisation. Biologie du développement Ouvrages de vulgarisation. MEDICAL Physiology. bisacsh SCIENCE Life Sciences Human Anatomy & Physiology. bisacsh SCIENCE Life Sciences Developmental Biology. bisacsh Developmental biology fast Embryology, Human fast Human embryo fast Popular works fast has work: Embryos under the microscope (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFYWGbYwVYCTV4pFwCHJMq https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Maienschein, Jane. Embryos under the microscope. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014 9780674725553 (DLC) 2013039073 (OCoLC)859168735 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=663464 Volltext CBO01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=663464 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Maienschein, Jane Embryos under the microscope : the diverging meanings of life / Recurring questions, seeing and believing -- Hypothetical and observed embryos with microscopes at work -- Experimental embryos in the laboratory -- Inherited, evolved, and computed embryos -- The visible human embryo -- The idea of engineered and constructed embryos -- Constructing embryos for society, stem cells in action -- Constraints and opportunities for construction -- Therefore ... Embryology, Human Popular works. Human embryo Popular works. Developmental biology Popular works. Embryo Research Embryologie humaine Ouvrages de vulgarisation. Embryon humain Ouvrages de vulgarisation. Biologie du développement Ouvrages de vulgarisation. MEDICAL Physiology. bisacsh SCIENCE Life Sciences Human Anatomy & Physiology. bisacsh SCIENCE Life Sciences Developmental Biology. bisacsh Developmental biology fast Embryology, Human fast Human embryo fast |
| title | Embryos under the microscope : the diverging meanings of life / |
| title_auth | Embryos under the microscope : the diverging meanings of life / |
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| title_full | Embryos under the microscope : the diverging meanings of life / Jane Maienschein. |
| title_fullStr | Embryos under the microscope : the diverging meanings of life / Jane Maienschein. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Embryos under the microscope : the diverging meanings of life / Jane Maienschein. |
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| title_sort | embryos under the microscope the diverging meanings of life |
| title_sub | the diverging meanings of life / |
| topic | Embryology, Human Popular works. Human embryo Popular works. Developmental biology Popular works. Embryo Research Embryologie humaine Ouvrages de vulgarisation. Embryon humain Ouvrages de vulgarisation. Biologie du développement Ouvrages de vulgarisation. MEDICAL Physiology. bisacsh SCIENCE Life Sciences Human Anatomy & Physiology. bisacsh SCIENCE Life Sciences Developmental Biology. bisacsh Developmental biology fast Embryology, Human fast Human embryo fast |
| topic_facet | Embryology, Human Popular works. Human embryo Popular works. Developmental biology Popular works. Embryo Research Embryologie humaine Ouvrages de vulgarisation. Embryon humain Ouvrages de vulgarisation. Biologie du développement Ouvrages de vulgarisation. MEDICAL Physiology. SCIENCE Life Sciences Human Anatomy & Physiology. SCIENCE Life Sciences Developmental Biology. Developmental biology Embryology, Human Human embryo Popular works |
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