Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments, 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 Appendix A: Protocols and Nutrient Mixes for Culturing Human Cells, 219 Appendix B: The California Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative: Selected Text from California Proposition 71, 227 Sources, 233 Glossary of Terms, 243 Index, 255"

About the Author

Michael Bellomo works in biopharmaceuticals for Baxter Bioscience, a 4,000-person company dedicated to the creation of new medical and cellular-based technologies.