Merchants Of Immortality: Chasing the Dream of Human Life Extension

by Stephen S. Hall

Overview

Regenerative medicine and human life extension are among the most cutting-edge pursuits in science, and potentially among the most profitable. In Merchants of Immortality, Stephen S. Hall offers both an exposé of this fascinating science and a case study of the billion-dollar industry that has grown up around it. At the center of the field are stem cell research and cloning — topics of continuous ethical debate — and the stem cell legislation that has unintentionally created a strange and thriving private-sector business niche.
Merchants of Immortality is a captivating, incisive account of a new frontier at the intersection of biology and business.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780618492213
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	01/20/2005
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	440
Sales rank:	674,024
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.11(d)

About the Author

STEPHEN S. HALL is the author of Merchants of Immortality and three other acclaimed works of science reportage. He writes frequently for the New York Times Magazine, Discover, and other magazines. He is 5’53⁄4” and lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his 5’9” wife and their two average-size children.

Editorial Reviews

"A timely and engrossing account of the high-stakes science of life extension....This is top-drawer journalism." Publishers Weekly, Starred

"A carefully documented examination of how society deals with life-and-death matters." Kirkus Reviews, Starred

"An important survey of the entire landscape of the science aimed at extending human life....we all owe [Hall] a vote of thanks." —JoAnn C. Gutin Newsday

"A fascinating, accurate and accessible account of some of [the] contemporary efforts to combat aging." —Robert H. Binstock The New York Times

"[C]ompelling . . . Merchants of Immortality is a highly readable and important book." —Shannon Brownlee The Washington Post —

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