Merchants of Immortality: Chasing the Dream of Human Life Extension [Paperback]

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.US

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