Kristen Renwick Monroe heads the University of California at Irvine Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality and is author of The Hand of Compassion: Portraits of Moral Choice during the Holocaust and The Heart of Altruism: Perceptions of a Common Humanity. Ronald B. Miller is Clinical Professor of Medicine Emeritus at the University of California, Irvine, and a member of the UCI Stem Cell Research Center Advisory Committee. Jerome Tobis is Research Professor and Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of California, Irvine.

• Introduction: Framing the Controversy Kristen Renwick Monroe, Ronald B. Miller, and Jerome S. Tobis 1. Stem Cells Peter J. Bryant and Philip H. Schwartz 2. Therapeutic Uses of Stem Cells Philip H. Schwartz and Peter J. Bryant 3. Ethical Issues in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Philip J. Nickel 4. Religious Perspectives on Embryonic Stem Cell Research Mahtab Jafari, Fanny Elahi, Saba Ozyurt, and Ted Wrigley 5. Political Issues in the Stem Cell Debate: The View from California Lawrence S.{ths}B. Goldstein 6. Roots and Branches of the U.S. National Debate on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Lee L. Zwanziger 7. Stem Cell Politics: The Perfect Is the Enemy of the Good Sidney H. Golub 8. Stem Cell Research: A Concluding Overview Ronald B. Miller Epilogue Kristen Renwick Monroe and Ted Wrigley Contributors Index

"This book is a valuable compendium of the various dimensions of the story of stem-cell research." New England Journal Of Medicine