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Nature 450, 611 (29 November 2007) | doi:10.1038/450611a; Published online 28 November 2007

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The great debate

Christopher Thomas Scott1

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Today's take on the stem-cell field could recede rapidly in tomorrow's rear-view mirror.

BOOK REVIEWEDFundamentals of the Stem Cell Debate: The Scientific, Religious, Ethical and Political Issues

edited by Kristen Renwick Monroe, Ronald B. Miller and Jerome Tobis
University of California: 2007. 226 pp. $50.00, £29.95 (hbk); $19.95, £11.95 (pbk)

How best to portray stem-cell research, an area of biology that is on a tear? Add to the science a swarm of disciplines busily dissecting its impact — law, ethics, policy and commerce.