Table of Contents

Introduction
1: Stem Cells: Just What Are Stem Cells? How Do They Function? What Might They do?
2: The Search for New Sources of Pluripotent Stem Cells
3: The Moral Significance of Early Human Embryos in Secular Thought
4: The Moral Significance of Early Human Embryos in Religious Thought
5: Creating Human-Nonhuman Chimeras in Stem Cell Research
6: International Stem Cell Research and Research Cloning: Three Contrasting Approaches
7: The Development of National Policy on Stem Cell Research in the United States
8: In Pursuit of National Review and Oversight of Stem Cell Research
Appendices:
A. NIH Guidelines for Funding of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Research, August 25, 2000
B. Speech by President George W. Bush regarding Human Stem Cell Research, August 9, 2001
C. Withdrawal of NIH Guidelines for Research Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells, November 2, 2001
D. NIH Criteria for Federal Funding of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells, November 7, 2001

Reviews

"This book provides the framework by which the public can intelligently engage in the debate and direct the future application of embryonic stem cell transplantation."--PsycCRITIQUES
"Cynthia Cohen's book provides a clear and illuminating overview of the ethical, religious, and policy controversies surrounding stem cell research, while paying close attention to recent scientific developments and promising avenues of scientific exploration. This impressive book not only offers a valuable guide to current debates, it also proposes ways to resolve these disputes that can promote valuable research within defensible ethical limits."--James
f. childress, the John Allen Hollingsworth Professor of Ethics and Director, Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life, University of Virginia
"In this timely and comprehensive book, Cohen develops a useful and persuasive framework for thinking about the scientific, ethical, religious, policy and regulatory issues raised by stem cell research. The book contains important contributions to inform the development of ethically sound public policy in the field. Renewing the Stuff of Life is lucidly written and should be essential reading for anyone interested in the subject."--Bartha Maria Knoppers,
Canada Research Chair in Law and Medicine, Professor, Faculty of Law and Faculty of Medicine, Senior Researchers, C.R.D.P., Université de Montréal
"Cynthia Cohen's well-reasoned analysis and recommendations offer a road map on how to proceed with the contentious and significant field of regenerative medicine. One of the many strengths of this book is that its analysis and recommendations are grounded in careful moral reasoning embedded in the shared values at the foundation of our constitutional system. If you are able to read only one book on the ethics of stem cell research, I recommend that it be
Renewing the Stuff of Life."--Audrey R. Chapman, Professor and Joseph Healey Endowed Chair, Medical Humanities and Ethics, University of Connecticut Health Center
"It was a pleasure to read this book. Cynthia Cohen sorts out the data and arguments in offering a reliable guide to public policy and the ethics of stem cell research and research cloning."--Timothy F. Sedgwick, The Clinton S. Quin Professor of Christian Ethics, Virginia Theological Seminary
"It is certain that this type of research will provide enormous technological possibilities. However, it is not certain that it will be accepted in particular countries without immense public debate.Renewing the Stuff of Life provides the framework by which the public can intelligently engage in the debate and direct the future application of pluripotent stem cell transplantation."--Journal of the American Medical Association
"The author uses plain language and well reasoned arguments to provide a book that is informative and accessible to nonscientists and nonethicists. Notably, the readability of the book does not detract from its scholarly weight or the author's authority on the subject."--Doody's
"This book provides the framework by which the public can intelligently engage in the debate and direct the future application of embryonic stem cell transplantation."--PsycCRITIQUES
"Cynthia Cohen's book provides a clear and illuminating overview of the ethical, religious, and policy controversies surrounding stem cell research, while paying close attention to recent scientific developments and promising avenues of scientific exploration. This impressive book not only offers a valuable guide to current debates, it also proposes ways to resolve these disputes that can promote valuable research within defensible ethical limits."--James
f. childress, the John Allen Hollingsworth Professor of Ethics and Director, Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life, University of Virginia
"In this timely and comprehensive book, Cohen develops a useful and persuasive framework for thinking about the scientific, ethical, religious, policy and regulatory issues raised by stem cell research. The book contains important contributions to inform the development of ethically sound public policy in the field. Renewing the Stuff of Life is lucidly written and should be essential reading for anyone interested in the subject."--Bartha Maria Knoppers,
Canada Research Chair in Law and Medicine, Professor, Faculty of Law and Faculty of Medicine, Senior Researchers, C.R.D.P., Université de Montréal
"It is certain that this type of research will provide enormous technological possibilities. However, it is not certain that it will be accepted in particular countries without immense public debate.Renewing the Stuff of Life provides the framework by which the public can intelligently engage in the debate and direct the future application of pluripotent stem cell transplantation."--Journal of the American Medical Association
"The author uses plain language and well reasoned arguments to provide a book that is informative and accessible to nonscientists and nonethicists. Notably, the readability of the book does not detract from its scholarly weight or the author's authority on the subject."--Doody's