Merchants Of Immortality: Chasing the Dream of Human Life Extension

Regenerative medicine and human life extension are among the most cutting-edge pursuits in science, and potentially among the most profitable. In Merchants of Immortality, Stephen S. Hall offers both an expose<acute accent> of this fascinating science and a case study of the billion-dollar industry that has grown up around it. At the center of the field are stem cell research and cloning -- topics of continuous ethical debate -- and the stem cell legislation that has unintentionally created a strange and thriving private-sector business niche.
Merchants of Immortality is a captivating, incisive account of a new frontier at the intersection of biology and business. |

"A timely and engrossing account of the high-stakes science of life extension....This is top-drawer journalism." Publishers Weekly, Starred

"A carefully documented examination of how society deals with life-and-death matters." Kirkus Reviews, Starred

"An important survey of the entire landscape of the science aimed at extending human life....we all owe [Hall] a vote of thanks." --JoAnn C. Gutin Newsday

"A fascinating, accurate and accessible account of some of [the] contemporary efforts to combat aging." --Robert H. Binstock The New York Times

"[C]ompelling . . . Merchants of Immortality is a highly readable and important book." --Shannon Brownlee The Washington Post