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《細胞種子：認識幹細胞與臍帶血》
作者：林正焜
出版社：商周出版
規格：15 × 21 cm
頁數：264頁

當幹細胞與臍帶血成了熱門話題，你仍甘於一頭霧水？
胚胎幹細胞蘊涵著什麼樣的生命奧秘？
為什麼大家都趕忙替孩子儲存臍帶血？
臍帶血只是一窩蜂的科技潮流，或是醫病的萬能丹？

不透過精卵結合，也可以繁衍出新生命！桃莉羊的誕生，揭示科技新時代來臨，無性生殖不再是神話，當然，桃莉也給予人類對於生命科學與倫理的省思，科學的意義在於增進人類生活品質，作者繼上一本著作《認識DNA》看待科學發展的視角，進一步為大眾解答幹細胞與臍帶血的再生醫療。
複製一顆心臟？！這是件可怕的事，或者代表一個希望？利用一個個體的遺傳信息製造新個體，這種無性生殖方式帶給生物科學界一個啟發，也許利用一樣的方法也可以製造人類的細胞、單一組織或是器官。如此一來，脊髓損傷、糖尿病、腎臟病、癌症……這些乍聽難以醫療的疾病，都將可能有革命性的新療法。
幹細胞就像身體的細胞種子，它可以自我更新，也可以分化為成熟細胞，藉以產生、補充或修復身體各部的組織。人體由兩百多種、總量高達一百兆個的細胞組成，這些細胞的來源就是幹細胞。
本書所有內容探討各種與幹細胞有關的問題。從幾個等待幹細胞醫學解救的神經系統問題，看神經幹細胞如何打破「成人神經系統壞了就無法再生」的傳統說法、介紹骨髓裡可以造血以及可以製造其他組織的各種細胞種子、來源不虞匱乏的臍帶血移植可否取代骨髓移植？要不要花錢保存孩子的臍帶血？告訴你何謂胚胎幹細胞，並且探討胚胎幹細胞衍生的倫理與法律問題，以及南韓幹細胞研究造假風波的前因後果。最後，從一對同卵雙胞胎之間的腎臟移植讓移植醫學成為顯學以來，作者收集各方研究現況，說明幹細胞科學在許多方面有可能補救器官移植的不足，讓許多需要移植、卻苦於組織相容的器官供應極為有限，得不到幫助的人，產生一線生存曙光。

The seed of life: all you have to know about stem cell and cord blood 
Author: Lin Cheng-kun
Publisher: Business Weekly Publications
Pub Date: 2006.07.05
15*21㎝ 264p
Rights: world

Almost everyone eagerly supports research to develop new drugs against cancer, or to develop a vaccine that immunizes against transmission of HIV, but stem cell research that explores the boundaries of individual, explores the possibility of extending the human life, has been a debate between people, because people are of two minds about human biology research, they are enthralled by its power to discover and apply, they are also frightened by its power to discover and apply. People have to know the fact of scientific research, they have to know what is wrapped in the mystery of scientific paper before making decision. This book unravels the mystery concerning most of the issues about research of stem cell that trouble laymen and scientists alike. 
The book is composed of five stories in five chapter to explore almost every aspect of stem cell research. As a pediatric practitioner, the author has to answer questions from patients and their parents, so he is deeply impressed by the anxiety of laymen when they has to face the questions such as: Do you favor stem cell research? What can stem cell research benefits people？Should you bank your baby's cord blood? etc. The author is an excellent storyteller, too, while the most recent discoveries about stem cell are not neglected, he answers these questions in depth with a fascinating story in the beginning of each chapter.

Chapter 1: The last days of Mao-- the development and application of nerve stem cell
Chapter 2: The mushroom clouds-- the stem cells in the bone marrow
Chapter 3: The story of Peabody-- the stem cells in the cord blood 
Chapter 4: The tragedy of H-- patient specific embryonic stem cell
Chapter 5: Do you have twin sibling?--the future of organ transplantation