{"product_id":"9789811213281","title":"Revolutionary Therapies: How the California Stem Cell Program Saved Lives, Eased Suffering - and Changed the Face of Medicine Forever","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor author Don C Reed, father of a paralyzed son, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) is the greatest medical advance since penicillin.REVOLUTIONARY THERAPIES is Reed's third book about the $3 billion stem cell program.Voted into law in November 2004, CIRM is now running out of money.Should its funding be renewed? Thereby hangs a tale, or rather several dozen of them, for each of the book's 71 short chapters is framed by a yarn or vignette.The factual background is accurate, vetted by the scientists, but Reed's goal is clearly both entertainment and education.A favorite example is a little girl named Evie, imprisoned in a plastic bubble: her body's immune system did not work, and she would die outside. She joined a CIRM clinical trial ... Imagine how Evie's parents felt — when she got well.Some stories are comical, like \"How Stem Cell Research Saved My Car\"; others surprising, like the comparison between politics and the giant crocodile Gustave; others are tragic or inspiring: but all point to this: More than 100 million Americans suffer chronic disease, causing mountains of medical debt — and the only way to reduce that expense ($3 trillion last year) — is cure.Related Link(s)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49803038130424,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":191.92,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8208\/6904\/files\/9789811213281-1.jpg?v=1783814525","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/products\/9789811213281","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}