Useful Links for Patients & Caregivers
- Stem Cell Information
- Clinical Trials
- Education and Advocacy
- Research Information
- Policies and Regulations
Stem Cell Information
- Stem Cell Challenges in
Biology and Public Policy by Douglas Melton
http://www.amacad.org/publications/bulletin/summer2007/stemcell.pdf - Understanding Stem Cells: An Overview of the Science and Issues from the National Academy of Science
http://www.dels.nas.edu/bls/stemcells/ - National Institutes of Health Stem Cell Information
http://stemcells.nih.gov/ - Stem Cell Research and Applications
http://www.aaas.org/spp/sfrl/projects/stem/main.htm - Stem Cells in Biomedicine
http://mugur.roz.md/stem-cells/ - International Society for Stem Cell Research
http://www.isscr.org/ - Stem Cell Books
http://books.ontheweb.com/shop/stem-cells.html - Embryonic Stem Cell Basics
http://www.news.wisc.edu/packages/stemcells/ - Tell Me About Stem Cells
http://www.tellmeaboutstemcells.org/ - StemCellResources.org
http://www.stemcellresources.org/
Clinical Trials
- National Clinical Trials
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov - Cord Blood Registry
http://www.cordblood.com - Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/hm_lls - Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
http://www.jdrf.org - Dana Farber Cancer Institute Clinical Trials
http://www.dana-farber.org/res/clinical/ - Massachusetts General Hospital Clinical Research Program
http://www.massgeneral.org/research.html - Neuroregeneration Laboratory at McLean Hospital
http://www.mclean.harvard.edu/research/clinical/index.php - CenterWatch - Clinical TrialsListing Service
http://www.centerwatch.com/patient/trials.html
Education and Advocacy
- Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research
http://www.camradvocacy.org - Stem Cell Action Network
http://www.stemcellaction.org/ - Stem Cell Map
http://mbbnet.umn.edu/scmap.html
Research Information
- New York Stem Cell Foundation
http://www.nyscf.org - Stem Cells: The International Journal of Cell Differentiation and Proliferation
http://stemcells.alphamedpress.org/ - International Society for Stem Cell Research
http://www.isscr.org/ - Stem Cell Database
http://stemcell.mssm.edu/ - Stem Cell Technologies
http://www.stemcell.com/ - Embryonic Stem Cell Research at University of Wisconsin
http://www.news.wisc.edu/packages/stemcells/ - NIH Stem Cell Registry
http://stemcells.nih.gov/index.asp - Stem Cell Research News
http://www.stemcellresearchnews.com/ - Human embryonic stem cells lines created in Melton lab at Harvard University
http://www.mcb.harvard.edu/melton/hues/ - US National Academies' Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11278.html - 2007 Amendments to the National Academies' Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11871.html
Policies and Regulations
- US National Academies' Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11278.html - Establishing Institutional Oversight for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Creating an ESCRO Committee
http://www.hsci.harvard.edu/files/ESCRO.orourke.abelman.heffernan.pdf
(Reproduced with permission from Medical Research Law & Policy Report, Vol. 6, No. 15 (Aug. 1, 2007) pp. 416-423. Copyright 2007 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com)
- 2007 Amendments to the National Academies' Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11871.html - Harvard Policies on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
http://www.provost.harvard.edu/policies_guidelines/stem_cell_protocols.pdf
http://www.provost.harvard.edu/policies_guidelines/stem_cell_FAQs.pdf - Academic Medicine: Establishing Procedures for Institutional Oversight of Stem Cell Research
http://www.academicmedicine.org/ - International Society for Stem Cell Research's Guidelines for the Conduct of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
http://www.isscr.org/guidelines/ISSCRhESCguidelines2006.pdf -
Interstate Alliance on Stem Cell Research (IASCR)
http://www.iascr.org/