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Author
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
2nd ed.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 328 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Today's scientists are showing us how stem cells create and repair the human body. Unlocking these secrets has become the new Holy Grail of biomedical research. But behind that research lies a sharp divide, one that has continued for years, as using human embryonic stem cells is strongly opposed by many people. While stem cells offer the hope of creating or repairing tissues lost to age, disease, and injury, they also hold the potential to incite...
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2013.
Lexile measure
860L
Physical Desc
79 pages : illustration--chiefly color ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In The Spider Silk Scientists, readers enter Randy Lewis' lab where they come face to face with golden orb weaver spiders and genetically engineered goats, whose milk contains the proteins to spin spider silk--and to weave a nearly indestructible fiber. Learn how this amazing material might someday be used to repair or replace human ligaments and bones, improve body armor, strengthen parachute rope, and even tether an airplane to an aircraft carrier!...
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
7 audio discs (approximately 448 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A dramatization written by Orson Scott Card, based on his bestselling novel and the upcoming theatrical film release. Seventy years after a horrific alien war, an unusually gifted child is sent to an advanced military school in space to prepare for a future invasion.