DeGette, Diana.
Contents: What in God's name?? -- Where I stand -- The bubble bill -- Ms. DeGette goes to Washington -- Charting the course -- Francesca -- Angels dancing on the head of a pin -- Snowflake babies -- Send in the clones -- Abstinence only -- Whatever it is, I'm against it! -- An ounce of prevention -- Through no fault on anybody's part -- A foolish consistency -- Closing arguments.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.0277 DEGMidthun, Joseph
Summary: "A graphic nonfiction volume that introduces plant and animal cells and their cycles, including cell diagrams, meiosis, mitosis, and disease"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, a Scott Fetzer Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 571.6 MIDSummary: Enter the fascinating world inside your body where roughly 37.2 trillion cells work hard for you 24 hours a day and 365 days a year! The cell-sational action comedy Cells at Work! that has garnered praises from a wide array of audiences, from casual viewers to professionals in the medical field.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Anime, Call number: BLU-RAY ANIME CELBen-Barak, Idan
Summary: "What is life? How did it start? Long, long ago, no one knows exactly where or when, a tiny bubble formed that was a Little Bit Different. It was the first living cell. Everyone's ancestor. And so the story of life begins."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 576.8 BENMidthun, Joseph
Summary: "A graphic nonfiction volume that introduces the cells, tissues, and organs of the human body"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, a Scott Fetzer Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 571.6 MIDChin, Jason
Summary: "A book exploring the world of the very small, delving deep into the microscopic spaces just beneath our skin"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 571.6 CHICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 571.6 OHISummary: "A graphic nonfiction volume that introduces plant and animal cells and their cycles, including cell diagrams, meiosis, mitosis, and disease"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 571.6 CELSummary: Provides viewers with an inside look at the intersection between the universe of scientific innovation and the everyday world, revealing what drives research and the science behind headlines.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2006
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV NOVLawrence, Ellen
Summary: Examines the process of photosynthesis and how it powers the lives of plants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Pub. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 572.46 LAWFox, Cynthia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.0277 FOXGoldstein, Lawrence S.
Summary: A balanced, plain-English guide to the politically charged topic of stem cell research.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley Pub., Inc. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.0277 GOLLane, Nick
Summary: "A renowned biochemist's illuminating inquiry into the Krebs cycle and the origins of life. What brings the Earth to life, and our own lives to an end? For decades, biology has been dominated by the study of genetic information. Information is important, but it is only part of what makes us alive. Our inheritance also includes our living metabolic network, a flame passed from generation to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 572 LANLane, Nick.
Summary: "Today, mitochondria are central to research into human prehistory, genetic diseases, cell suicide, fertility, ageing, bioenergetics, sex, and the eukaryotic cell. Piecing together puzzles from the forefront of research, this book paints a sweeping canvas that will thrill all who are interested in biology, while also contributing to evolutionary thinking and debate. This is a book full of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 571.657 LANThomas, Isabel
Summary: "... provides a detailed look at the topic of the human body, covering of the body's major systems and organs, as well as looking at the cellular level and at the genetics that play a part in making us who we are."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Welbeck Editions 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 612 THOCohen, Richard M
Summary: "Richard Cohen struggles with failing limbs and is legally blind. He has survived two bouts of colon cancer and a life-threatening blood clot in his lungs. After enduring decades of harsh treatments and invasive therapies, Cohen decided to trade in his life as a patient. In 2012, Cohen and his wife, Meredith Vieira, were invited to host and chair an adult stem cell conference at the Vatican....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Rider Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COHEN, RICHARD M COHFisher, Carolyn
Summary: Follows Ellie, a skin cell who lives on the derrière of a Boston Terrier, as she presents information about different cells and how they make up living organisms.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 571.6 FISLondon, Martha
Summary: Living things are made of cells. Cells help living things grow. Cells looks at how these tiny units of life work and why they are important. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Core, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 571.6 LONSummary: Presents a full course of introductory college biology lectures. Explores living systems at all levels, from biological molecules to global ecosystems. Plus, examines pressing questions facing society today, including genetics and cloning, stem cell research, and AIDS.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 570 BIOApple, Sam
Summary: "The extraordinary story of the Nazi-era scientific genius who discovered how cancer cells eat-and what it means for how we should. The Nobel laureate Otto Warburg-a cousin of the famous finance Warburgs-was widely regarded in his day as one of the most important biochemists of the twentieth century, a man whose research was integral to humanity's understanding of cancer. He was also among the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WARBURG, OTTO APPCook, Robin
Summary: "...New York City medical examiner Laurie Montgomery returns to work at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner, where she's been employed for more than two decades. Worried about whether she still has what it takes after so much time away, Laurie finds her first case back to be a dangerous puzzler of the highest order, involving organized crime and two start-up biotech companies caught in a zero...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC COOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COOSkloot, Rebecca
Summary: Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.02 SKLCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 616.02 SKLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B LACKS SKLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Black SklootSkloot, Rebecca
Summary: Documents the story of how scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created a human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling discoveries in such areas as cancer research, in vitro fertilization, and gene mapping.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 LACKS, HENRIETTA SKLSummary: Presents a full course of introductory college biology lectures. Explores living systems at all levels, from biological molecules to global ecosystems. Plus, examines pressing questions facing society today, including genetics and cloning, stem cell research, and AIDS.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 570 BIOSummary: Contains four episodes that follow Ms. Frizzle and her class on their science adventures aboard the magic school bus, including a trip to the solar system to buy Dorothy Ann a real star for her birthday.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Video Group, Inc. 2012