The Proteus effect : stem cells and their promise for medicine / Ann B. Parson.

Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, [2004], ©2004.

vii, 301 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-275) and index.

Plant or animal? -- Mouse strain 129 -- The purple cell -- Mystery in a dish -- The embryo experiments -- The canary's song -- After the birth of Louise Brown -- Monkeys to humans -- Epic upon epic -- Marrow to brain? -- The art of cell replacement -- After tomorrow.