★Awarded a star by Kirkus Reviews for "remarkable merit"
"Nothing is starry-eyed in this plainspoken, well-tuned text. Although researchers are unveiling the mystery of stem cells everyday, and much lies in the province of possibility, the authors aver that those possibilities are based on good science, which they capably explicate for the reader. Their treatment of the stem-cell issue is thoroughgoing, acknowledging that embryonic stem-cell research raises bioethical as well as biological questions, and that economic considerations play a role in its development."
-- Kirkus Reviews
"Noting that the biorevolution gives humankind a potentially vast power to expand the boundaries of life, the authors ask, 'Are we...prepared to understand that power, seize it, and use it wisely?' Their cogent survey gives readers the tools to address that daunting question."
