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Human Embryonic Stems Cells: Science, Ethics, and Politics

By Julie Baker Hank Greely - Stanford
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  • Summer 2006
  • Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0
  • Stanford

Lecture Description

August 31, 2006 presentation by Julie Baker and Hank Greely for the Stanford University Office of Science Outreach's Summer Science Lecture Series.

Julie Baker, Assistant Professor of Genetics and Hank Greely, Professor of Law and Genetics discuss human embryonic stem cells, one of the most promising, most complicated and most controversial areas of contemporary biomedical research.

Course Description

Course Index

  1. Recent Advances in Heart Surgery
  2. Back to Life: The Rebirth of the Monterey Coast
  3. Regenerative Medicine: What Is It?
  4. Using Evolution to Understand Human Growth and Disease
  5. 100 Years After 1906: Understanding Earthquakes and Effects
  6. Global Warming: Is the Science Settled Enough for Policy
  7. Cool Hands, Better Performance
  8. Archimedes: Ancient Text Revealed with X-Ray Vision
  9. Wired for Speech: Voice Interactions with People and Computers
  10. Drugs: One Size Does Not Fit All
  11. Powering the Future with Sustainable Energy
  12. Human Embryonic Stems Cells: Science, Ethics, and Politics