Stem cells [electronic resource] : immortality or healthy old age? / James McWhir.
Material type:![Film](/opac-tmpl/lib/famfamfam/VM.png)
Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration.
Title from title frames.
Updated version of a talk first published in 2007.
Contents: What is a stem cell? -- Properties of stem cells -- Adult and embryonic stem cells -- What is immortality? -- Why do we die? -- Mechanisms of programmed cell death -- Mutation -- Connection between tumour protection and ageing -- Impact of regenerative medicine -- Impact of stem cells on lifespan -- Average and maximum lifespan.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.