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245		0	_aHow to grow a human
260			_aLondon _bLondon William Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, _c2019
300			_axi, 372 pages ; 24 cm
500			_aadventures in who we are and how we are made
505			_aIntroduction: My brain in a dish _rChapter 1. Pieces of life : Cells past and present-- _rChapter 2. What love has to do with it : Growing humans the old-fashioned way-- _rFirst Interlude. The human superorganism : How cells became communities-- _rChapter 3. Immortal flesh : How tissues were grown outside the body-- _rSecond Interlude. Heroes and villains : The microbiome, immunity and cancer-- _rChapter 4. Twisting fate : How to reprogramme a cell-- _rChapter 5. The spare parts factory : Making tissues and organs from reprogrammed cells-- _rChapter 6. Flesh of my flesh : Questioning the future of sex and reproduction-- _rChapter 7. Hideous progeny? The futures of growing humans-- _rThird Interlude. Philosophy of the lonely mind : Can a brain exist in a dish?-- _rChapter 8. Return of the meatware : Coming to terms with our fleshy selves.--
520			_a ; A cutting-edge examination of what it means to be human and to have a 'self' in the face of new scientific developments in cloning, gene-splicing and neural downloading. After seeing his own cells used to grow clumps of new neurons - essentially mini-brains - Philip Ball begins to examine the concepts of identity and consciousness. Delving into humanity's deep evolutionary past to look at how complex creatures like us emerged from single-celled life, he offers a new perspective on how humans think about ourselves. In an age when we are increasingly encouraged to regard the 'self' as an abstract sequence of genetic information, or as a pattern of neural activity that might be 'downloaded' to a computer, I return us to the body - to flesh and blood - and anchor a conception of personhood in this unique and ephemeral mortal coil. How to Build a Human brings us back to ourselves - but in doing so, it challenges old preconceptions and values. It asks us to rethink how we exist in the world.
590			_bIncludes bibliographical references.
630			_aCLASS R - MEDICINE _911833
650			_aTissue engineering _x Popular works _911834
650			_aTissue culture _x Popular works _911835
650			_aOrgan culture _x Popular works _911836
650			_aCell transformation _x Popular works _911837
650			_aCytology _x Popular works _911838
650			_aDevelopmental biology _x Popular works _911839
650			_aBioengineering _x Popular works _911840
650			_aSelf _x Popular works _911841
650			_aMind and body _x Popular works _911842
650			_aHuman evolution _x Popular works _911843
650			_aBioengineering _911844
650			_aCell transformation _911845
650			_aCytology _911846
650			_aDevelopmental biology _911847
650			_aHuman evolution _911848
650			_aMind and body _911131
650			_aOrgan culture _911849
650			_aSelf _911850
650			_aTissue culture _911851
650			_aTissue engineering _911852
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700			_aBall, Philip, 1962- author. _eAuthor
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