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Discusses the latest scientific breakthroughs regarding embryonic stem cells and the growing of new human tissues, and how this can help doctors treat human illnesses.

The authors discuss cellular functions, including how advances in cell research have led to artificial cloning, and how they are bringing scientists closer to finding cures for serious diseases.

"Explores the science, technology, and engineering used in utilizing stem cells to solve medical problems."--

Discusses the formation, traits, and functions of various kinds of cells in living organisms.

"A book exploring the world of the very small, delving deep into the microscopic spaces just beneath our skin"--

Explains the functions of cells in the human body.

Readers learn that a living organism is a system, or structure, that reproduces, changes with its environment over a period of time, and maintains its individuality by continuous metabolism. To maintain life, an organism repairs or replaces (or both) its structures by a constant supply of the materials of which it is formed. It keeps its life processes in operation by a steady supply of energy. A major contributing part of an organism's survival is...

Explains how specialized cells in the body function to heal simple wounds and injuries.