by Alfonso Pedrosa · Fundación José Manuel Lara · ISBN 9788496556232
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«En busca de la inmortalidad» is an essay by Alfonso Pedrosa about stem cells (Fundación José Manuel Lara, paperback).
The author analyses the expectations that stem cell research has raised as a possible route to a longer life. The essay reviews the latest biomedical advances, sets out the scientific and social debate that accompanies them, and reflects on the gap between the promises of immortality and what science can really offer.
Published in 2006, the book carries the subtitle «Una aproximación al debate actual sobre las células madre».
A read for those who follow scientific news and want to understand the debate around stem cells from a popular-science perspective.
