Open Directory - Science: Biology: Biotechnology: Stem Cells
See also: - A blog aiming to explore stem cell history, harvesting methods, uses in regenerative medicine, potential problems and recent news. - Promotes the field of cell therapy and facilitates the exchange of information and resources. Provides news and information on conferences, courses and jobs. - Blog with news and discussion on stem cells, cloning, and bioethics. - Explains what stem cells are, the difference between embryonic and adult stem cells, the function of bone marrow and its transplantation. - News page from the University of Wisconsin. - The Centre was established by the Australian Government to investigate the biology of adult stem cells and their application in cell transplantation therapies, disease biology and drug discovery. - Researchers at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil have found that mesenchymal stem cells reside in virtually all post-natal organs and tissues. - Resource for information on MSC research. Mesenchymal stem cells are multipotent stem cells that can differentiate into a variety of cell types. Includes links to current papers, protocols, and information about specialist suppliers. - Primer providing basic information about stem cells. - Official resource about research, using human embryonic lines under Federal policy, eligibility criteria, funding opportunities for scientists. Includes FAQ maintained by the National Institutes of Health, Maryland. - A collection of articles about stem cells and research. - Daily news and related coverage from Yahoo! - Hundreds of peer-reviewed, scientifically credible resources providing stem cell information and education for students, teachers and the general public. - Offers to assist patients in making informed decisions on the best course of treatment and suitable clinics worldwide. - Wikipedia article providing information on this type of genetic medicine that introduces stem cells into damaged tissue in order to treat a disease or injury. - Educational materials and research resource for application to tissue repair. Based at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, USA. - Provides information on stem cells and their use in the treatment of various conditions. - Latest news on stem cell treatments and research in China. Includes a large number of blogs and accounts by patients of treatments they have received. - Provides details about recent stem cell research. - Aims to support stem cell research labs and societies worldwide, by offering access to a broad array of resources in one central location, and to aid in collaborations, discussion and networking. - Patent for creating a bio-tooth using bone marrow cells. (March 29, 2010) - Report on survival of embryos in which human DNA has replaced native genetic material in bovine ova, at Newcastle University. (April 01, 2008) - Report that a bone transplant had been grown inside a patient from his stem cells, opening up new ways to treat severe tissue damage. (February 02, 2008) - Introduction to report by Yu and Thomson on developing eight undifferentiated pluripotent stem cell lines, using OCT4, SOX2, NANOG, and LIN28 to reprogram adult somatic fibroblasts. Includes links to related media coverage. (November 20, 2007) - News article and comments on a report on the creation of embryonic cell-lines from cloned primate embryos. Published by Nature. (November 14, 2007) - Report on research involving introduction of DNA from embryonic stem cells, surviving in egg genome from 11 women, for three to five days, the country's first patient specific cells. Publication due in Reproductive and BioMedicine Online from Newcastle University. (May 19, 2005) - Introduction to an article describing work on patient specific cloning of stem cells. Seoul National University, South Korea. (May 19, 2005) - Washington Post announcement of successful isolation of pluripotent human embryonic stem cells, independently at Wisconsin and Baltimore. (November 06, 1998)
