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Stem Cells to the Rescue


Subject Area(s):  Children's Books

By Helen M. Blau; Margery J. Fain

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Calling once, calling twice, here come the stem cells, so precise!


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© 2024 • 34 pages, Color illustrations, Glossary, References
Paperback • $12.95 11.65
ISBN  978-1-621825-28-9
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Description

When your skin is cut, it heals. When you break a bone, it mends. How does this happen? Because your body is made of cells, including a very special kind called stem cells. They live in many places in your body, such as skin, muscles, bones, and blood. And when any part of your body is injured, stem cells jump into action to repair the damage. This book contains a tale told in rhyme about how stem cells work and what scientists are doing to help them work even better, especially as people get older.

About the Authors

Helen Blau and Margery Fain first met at Harvard University as Ph.D. students. Helen became a world-famous stem cell scientist and is a Professor and Director of the Baxter Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology at Stanford University. Margery became a research biologist, then an illustrator for scientific textbooks and author of childrens’ books. Reconnecting many years later in Paris, Helen and Margery were inspired by their grandchildren to create this book to amaze and delight kids everywhere about the extraordinary things stem cells can do in our bodies.

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review:  “The book was engaging and clearly written enough for our 6-year-old reviewer to follow, but also realistic and as accurate as possible in the way that it presents information. After reading it, the first grade reviewer understood the basics of how stem cells work. This is a fun and educational book that children curious about science and medicine will greatly enjoy.”
      —Yevgeniya Nusinovich, Senior Editor, Science