Campbell Essential Biology with Physiology (6th Edition)
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Author: Eric J. Simon, Jean L. Dickey, Jane B. Reece
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New technology enables doctors to save a small percentage of babies born 16 weeks prematurely. A baby born this early weighs just over 1 pound and faces months in an intensive-care nursery. The cost of caring for the infant may be hundreds of thousands of dollars. Some people wonder whether such a huge technological and personnel investment should be devoted to such a small number of babies. They feel that limited
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