Stem Cell Wars: Inside Stories From the Frontlines, By Eve Herold (2006), Palgrave Macmillan Simon Hanft 1 Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA 1 Correspondence: Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA. E-mail: s_hanft@yahoo.com THE LANDSCAPE OF stem cell research is littered with misconceptions, lawsuits, stifled legislation, and the ruined reputations of fallen scientists. It is also a scene of rancorous political debate, religious fiat, and patients’ pleas. Onto this battlefield marches Eve Herold, in her fittingly titled book, Stem Cell Wars . Herold, who is Director of Public Policy Research and Education at the Genetics Policy Institute, draws upon her unique and extensive experience with the primary issues in the ongoing stem cell debate to create a stirring firsthand account. Her book is an emphatic corrective to what she perceives as the politically motivated, religion-based voice of a minority that has intentionally confused and snookered the public into believing that stem cell research is ethically wrong and fundamentally evil. Herold takes great pains throughout the book to debunk the myths propagated by a fanatical few while advocating cogently on behalf of the scientists and patients who are struggling to push stem cell research forward.
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