The dance of life : the new science of how a single cell becomes a human being /

"Embryologist Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz has spent two decades unraveling the mysteries of fetal development. By studying embryonic mouse cells, she witnessed the embryo's ability to rid itself of abnormal cells as it prepared for implantation in the womb. When Zernicka-Goetz became pregnant...

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Main Authors: Zernicka-Goetz, Magdalena (Author), Highfield, Roger (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Conception
  • White dress
  • Chance and destiny
  • Painting cells
  • Breaking symmetry
  • Birth of the body plan
  • Cracking open the black box
  • Should human embryos be used in research?
  • Simon
  • Quest for the synthetic embryo
  • New age of creative biology
  • The dance of life.