Cell of cells : the global race to capture and control the stem cell / Cynthia Fox.

New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2007], ©2007.

xiii, 546 pages ; 25 cm

Unmade in America -- Stem cells in the Sahara -- Scientific pilgrimages -- In the beginning -- Biopolis -- World cloning wars -- Double-edged sword : stem cells as a cancer cure and cause -- The medical revolution of the human chimera -- Stem cells and the heart : setting cardiologists' pulses racing -- The proliferating underground clinic and the regulation of China -- Smashing biological clocks : the stem cell's first social revolution? -- The fall of Seoul and the rise of San Francisco.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [463]-518) and index.