{"title":"Series: Convening Science: Discovery at the Marine Biological Laboratory","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"how-does-germline-regenerate-by-kate-maccord-9780226830513","title":"How Does Germline Regenerate?","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA concise primer that complicates a convenient truth in biology—the divide between germ and somatic cells—with far-reaching ethical and public policy ramifications.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eScientists have long held that we have two kinds of cells—germ and soma. Make a change to germ cells—say using genome editing—and that change will appear in the cells of future generations. Somatic cells are “safe” after such tampering; modify your skin cells, and your future children’s skin cells will never know. And, while germ cells can give rise to new generations (including all of the somatic cells in a body), somatic cells can never become germ cells.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow did scientists discover this relationship and distinction between somatic and germ cells—the so-called Weismann Barrier—and does it actually exist? Can somatic cells become germ cells in the way germ cells become somatic cells? That is, can germ cells regenerate from somatic cells even though conventional wisdom denies this possibility?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCovering research from the late nineteenth century to the 2020s, historian and philosopher of science Kate MacCord explores how scientists came to understand and accept the dubious concept of the Weismann Barrier and what profound implications this convenient assumption has for research and policy, from genome editing to stem cell research, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow Does Germline Regenerate?\u003c\/em\u003e invites readers to delve into these complex questions that challenge traditional views in biology and provoke critical thought on current scientific and policy approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46854589579500,"sku":"9780226830513","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/57c6a35183276c159e46b83cfec3e9a9.jpg?v=1759268006"},{"product_id":"what-is-regeneration-by-jane-maienschein-9780226816562","title":"What Is Regeneration?","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat Is Regeneration?\u003c\/em\u003e by Jane Maienschein and Kate MacCord offers an essential primer on the meaning and limits of regeneration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn punishment for his stealing fire, the Greek gods chained Prometheus to a rock, where every day an eagle plucked out his liver, and every night the liver regenerated. While Prometheus may be a figure of myth, scholars today ask whether ancient Greeks knew that the human liver does, in fact, have a special capacity to regenerate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSome organs and tissues can regenerate, while others cannot, and some organisms can regenerate more fully and more easily than others. Cut an earthworm in half, and two wiggly worms may confront you. Cut off the head of a hydra, and it may grow a new head. Cut off a human arm, and the human will be missing an arm. Why the differences? What are the limits of regeneration, and how, when, and why does it occur?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, historians and philosophers of science Jane Maienschein and Kate MacCord explore biological regeneration, delving into a topic of increasing interest in light of regenerative medicine, new tools in developmental and neurobiology, and the urgent need to understand and repair damage to ecosystems brought on by climate change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLooking across scales, from germ, nerve, and stem cells to individual organisms and complex systems, this short and accessible introduction poses a range of deep and provocative questions: What conditions allow some damaged microbiomes to regenerate where others do not? Why are forests following a fire said to regenerate sometimes but not always? And in the face of climate change in the era called the Anthropocene, can the planet regenerate to become healthy again, or will the global ecosystem collapse?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46855483195628,"sku":"9780226816562","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226816562.jpg?v=1759269369"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/series-convening-science-discovery-at-the-marine-biological-laboratory.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}