Stem Cells: The Building Blocks of Life

Research/Information URLS

What are stem cells?

• http://www.earthtimes.org/health/stem-cell-research-two-steps-forward-step-back/846/

• http://www.mayo.edu/research/centers-programs/center-regenerative-medicine/patient-care/about-regenerative-medicine

• http://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/stem-cell-transplant/in-depth/stem-cells/art-20048117

• http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics/pages/basics1.aspx

• http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physician-resources/medical-science/genetics-molecular-medicine/related-policy-topics/stem-cell-research/basics-stem-cell-research.page?

Embryonic/Non-embryonic Stem Cells

• http://www.cirm.ca.gov/our-progress/stem-cell-definitions

• http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/pages/faqs.aspx

• http://biomed.brown.edu/Courses/BI108/BI108_2002_Groups/pancstems/stemcell/stemcellsclassversatility.htm

iPSCs

• https://www.stemcell.ucla.edu/induced-pluripotent-stem-cells

• http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics/pages/basics10.aspx

• http://gladstoneinstitutes.org/nobel/faq.html#ips_vs_emb

• http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/turning-somatic-cells-into-pluripotent-stem-cells-14431451

Umbilical Cord Stem Cells

• http://www.webmd.com/parenting/baby/features/banking-your-babys-cord-blood?page=2

• http://www.eurostemcell.org/factsheet/cord-blood-stem-cells-current-uses-and-future-challenges

• http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/stemcells/sctoday/

 

Timeline

• http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24970-stem-cell-timeline-the-history-of-a-medical-sensation.html#.VJ8k7l4B_Aal-sensation.html#.VJ

• http://biotechlearn.org.nz/themes/biotech_therapies/timeline_for_stem_cell_research

• http://scienceprogress.org/2012/05/timeline-a-brief-history-of-stem-cell-research-2/

 

Innovators

• http://gladstoneinstitutes.org/our-science/stem-cell-research

• http://www.isscr.org/

• http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/stemcellresearch/

• http://stemcells.wisc.edu/

• http://stemcell.stanford.edu/research/

• http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/institute_cell_engineering/

 

Current Applications

Organs

• http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141024101256.htm

• http://www.medicaldaily.com/new-blood-vessel-grows-1-week-when-using-stem-cells-2-tablespoons-blood-307941

• http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/news-calendar/News_detail//growing-a-blood-vessel-in-a-week.cid1242371

• http://www.bionews.org.uk/page_412104.asp

• http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081119092939.htm

Blood Disorders

• http://www.cancer.org/cancer/leukemia-acutemyeloidaml/detailedguide/leukemia-acute-myeloid-myelogenous-treating-bone-marrow-stem-cell-transplant

• http://www.nih.gov/researchmatters/july2014/07142014sickle.htm

• http://www.stjude.org/SJFile/k7600%20%282%29.pdf

• http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/scireport/pages/chapter5.aspx

• http://www.mcancer.org/research/stem-cells/leukemia

• http://www.eurostemcell.org/factsheet/blood-stem-cells-pioneers-stem-cell-research

Holoclar

• http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/index.jsp?curl=pages/news_and_events/news/2014/12/news_detail_002239.jsp&mid=WC0b01ac058004d5c1

• http://www.eurostemcell.org/story/europe-approves-holoclar%C2%AE-first-stem-cell-based-medicinal-product

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10734241

Skin Gun

• http://phys.org/news/2011-02-skin-cell-gun-drastically.html

• https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~issues/articles/18.2_Xie_K_Skin_Gun.html

• http://www.eurostemcell.org/factsheet/skin-stem-cells-where-do-they-live-and-what-can-they-do

• http://www.news-medical.net/news/20110204/New-skin-gun-treats-burns-with-stem-cells.aspx

Disease Modeling

• http://perspectivesinmedicine.org/content/3/11/a014027.full

• http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/122/1/80.full

• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1044743113000237

• http://www.eurostemcell.org/factsheet/new-tools-for-disease-research

Drug Testing

• http://www.paragonbioservices.com/Research-Services/Stem-Cell-Services/More-About-Stem-Cells.aspx

• http://www.technologyreview.com/news/409191/testing-drugs-with-stem-cells/

• http://www.nature.com/news/stem-cells-take-root-in-drug-development-1.10713

• http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics/pages/basics6.aspx

• http://cirm.ca.gov/our-progress/stem-cells-accelerating-basic-research

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22512442

 

Future Applications

Organs

• http://discovermagazine.com/2014/jan-feb/05-stem-cell-future

• http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/researchers-grow-human-kidney-using-stem-cells

• http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/news/2013/12/researchers-grow-kidney-stem-cells

• http://news.discovery.com/tech/biotechnology/stem-cells-grow-beating-heart-130814.htm

Retinal Repair

• http://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/researchers/affiliate-investigators/dr-keith-martin

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3999769/

• http://www.nature.com/eye/journal/v21/n10/full/6702842a.html

• https://www.ophth.wisc.edu/research/stemcell/

Bone Fractures

• http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/publish/news/newsroom/6195

• http://vitrobiopharma.com/2013/02/06/stem-cell-treatment-for-bone-fractures/

• http://www.med.unc.edu/www/newsarchive/2011/june/stem-cell-treatment-may-offer-option-for-broken-bones-that-don2019t-heal

• http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602012000300009

Type 1 Diabetes

• http://time.com/3500201/type-1-diabetes-stem-cell-research/

• http://hsci.harvard.edu/news/stem-cells-billions-human-insulin-producing-cells

• http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/news/20141009/stem-cell-success-raises-hopes-of-type-1-diabetes-cure?page=2

• http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/articles/2014/10/embryonic-stem-cells-trial-diabetes

Autism

• http://www.autismspeaks.org/what-autism

• http://www.autismsciencefoundation.org/what-is-autism

• http://corporate.dukemedicine.org/news_and_publications/news_office/news/15-million-award-to-go-toward-exploring-new-treatments-for-autism-other-brain-disorders

Spinal Cord

• http://www.eurostemcell.org/factsheet/spinal-cord-injuries-how-could-stem-cells-help

• http://www.neuralstem.com/cell-therapy-for-sci

• http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/sci/detail_sci.htm

• https://www.cirm.ca.gov/our-progress/disease-information/spinal-cord-injury-fact-sheet

 

Issues

Ethics

• http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/stemcells/scissues/

• http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/institute_basic_biomedical_sciences/news_events/articles_and_stories/stem_cells/2010_07_pluripotent_stem_cells

• http://www.roslin.ed.ac.uk/public-interest/dolly-the-sheep/a-life-of-dolly/

• http://www.icr.org/article/ten-problems-with-embryonic-stem-cell-research/

• http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=18428

Legal

• http://www.researchamerica.org/stemcell_faqs

• http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-stem-cell-debates-lessons-for-science-and-politics

• http://stemcells.nih.gov/policy/pages/guidelines.aspx

• http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2007-06-22/pdf/07-3112.pdf

• https://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Removing-Barriers-to-Responsible-Scientific-Research-Involving-Human-Stem-Cells/

Medical

• http://www.lls.org/diseaseinformation/managingyourcancer/treatmentnextsteps/typesoftreatment/stemcelltransplantation/graftvshostdisease/

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3070641/

• http://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/stem-cell-transplant/basics/risks/prc-20013565

• http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/bmsct/risks

• http://www.translational-medicine.com/content/9/1/29

 

Breaking News

• http://www.medicaldaily.com/cure-baldness-spanish-scientists-use-stem-cells-restore-hair-growth-315446

• http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141215084946.htm

• http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/dec/20/rhino-cloning-stem-cells-san-diego-zoo-safari-park/

• http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/287542.php

• http://www.medicaldaily.com/functional-hiv-cure-step-closer-reality-fda-approval-clinical-human-trials-325048