The plight of a patient waiting months, sometimes years, for an organ transplant is one of the most heart-wrenching predicaments confronting medicine today. But the current critical shortage of human donor organs has had one positive consequence: it has stimulated promising new research into the field of xenotransplantation--the transplantation of organs from one animal species to another. In Xeno: The Promise of Transplanting Animal Organs Into Humans, David Cooper and Robert Lanza explore what may become one of the greatest medical advances of the 21st century. As scientists...
The plight of a patient waiting months, sometimes years, for an organ transplant is one of the most heart-wrenching predicaments confronting medicine ...
Behind the headlines on cloning--Dr. Robin Cook blends fact with fiction in one of his most terrifying bestsellers...
Chromosome 6 is a prophetic thriller that challenges the medical ethics of genetic manipulation and cloning in the jungles of equatorial Africa, where one mistake could bridge the gap between man and ape--and forever change the genetic map of our existence...
Behind the headlines on cloning--Dr. Robin Cook blends fact with fiction in one of his most terrifying bestsellers...
For instance, in one poem he compares a magpie's flight to the constant flickering of a silent black and white movie screen. In another, he shares with his readers the remarkable encounters he's had with a curious red fox, thereby somewhat dispelling the creature's sly reputation. Robin's anthropomorphic writing style displays his vivid imagination. In addition, Robin offers his readers distinct perspectives regarding social issues and milestone events of our day. He is truly an old school practitioner, and his philosophical musings seem to be carved from the cornerstone upon which the Old...
For instance, in one poem he compares a magpie's flight to the constant flickering of a silent black and white movie screen. In another, he shares wit...