ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

The Latest News on Stem Cell Research

• Yahoo! News Full Coverage of Stem Cell Research
• Nova Science Now feature on stem cells
• The New Scientist Special Report: Cloning and Stem Cells

Regulation of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research

• Policy Brief: Stem Cell Research, from the American Association for the Advancement of Science
• On Politics: The Issues/Stem Cell Research, from The Washington Post (free registration required)

Positions on Stem Cell Research

• The Candidates on Science, from The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, 2008. Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama outline their positions on stem cell research.
• Remarks by the President on Stem Cell Research, by George W. Bush, August 9, 2001
• Pro-Life Means Helping the Living: The Case for Regenerative Medicine, by Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah). Published in The Salt Lake Tribune, April 30, 2002
• Letter to President Bush from 80 Nobel Laureates. Published in the Washington Post, February 21, 2001.

General Information about Stem Cell Research

• Stem Cell Information from the National Institutes of Health
• Nature News In Focus: Stem Cell Research
• Stem Cells at the National Academies
• The Stem Cell Challenge, by Robert Lanza and Nadia Rosenthal. Published in Scientific American, June 2004

Parkinson's Disease

• Parkinson's Disease, from Medline Plus Health Information
• Parkinson's Disease: Hope Through Research, from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Parkinson's Disease: Stem Cell Therapies

• Will Embryonic Stem Cells be a Useful Source of Dopamine Neurons for Transplant into Patients with Parkinson's Disease? by Curt R. Freed. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 19, 2002.
• Parkinson's Patients Show Positive Response to Implants, by Erika Check. Published in Nature magazine, April 18, 2002.
• Biomedicine: Stem-Cell Competition, by Stuart H. Orkin and Sean J. Morrison. Published in Nature magazine, July 4, 2002.

Tissue Typing

• Histocompatibility Antigens, from Medline Plus Health Information

Bone Marrow Transplantation

• Bone Marrow Transplantation, from Medline Plus Health Information
• Transplant Rejection, from Medline Plus Health Information

Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation

• Information from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (Also in PDF)
• The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society home page

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