Links

There are many excellent sites on Stem Cells on the Internet. As more sites are discovered, this area will be updated.               

 

Introductions to Stem Cells              

 

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) maintains an up-to-date page of briefings, which summarise research results in this area, at http://www.isscr.org/public/briefings.htm

 

Todd Thompson's site at http://tthompson.artechschool.org/Project%20Ideas/Stem%20Cells.htm offers an excellent list of stem cell related links.            

 

The US National Institutes of Health (http://stemcells.nih.gov/index.asp )offer a well-written guide to the basics of stem cell biology, aimed at the intelligent lay person. Not updated very often, but gives a good foundation on the topic.          

 

John Kimball's Online Biology textbook (http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/S/Stem_Cells.html#Stem_Cells) is also a few years old, but offers a well-written introduction by an experienced teacher.         

 

The New Scientist (http://www.newscientist.com/topic/stem-cells) offers a professionally-presented areas dedicated to stem cells, with updated news and stories. Recommended.         

 

Science Daily (http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/health_medicine/stem_cells/) offers a slightly more populist/journalistic viewpoint. Regularly updated, but a little less depth in coverage.   

 

The Why Files website from the US National Institute for Science Education has a very accessible introduction to stem cells. Published in 2001, so lacks some of the latest research. It can be accessed at http://www.whyfiles.org/127stem_cell/index.html

 

A more personal view comes from Ben Kaplan's Stem Cell News Blog (http://bensstemcellnews.blogspot.com/). Ben Kaplan has cerebral palsy and follows the research domain from personal interest. 

 

Wikipedia of course has an area on stem cell research, at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem_cell and some excellent diagrams in the Wikemedia Commons at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=stem+cell&go=Go

 

The US National Academies has a good PDF booklet, from 2004/5, which outlines the basics of stem cell research. It can be downloaded from http://dels.nas.edu/dels/rpt_briefs/Understanding_Stem_Cells.pdf

Ethics

A site dedicated to the ethical issues around stem cells, from a US perspective, is the President's Council on Bioethics Stem Cells pages at http://bioethics.gov/topics/stemcells_index.html

 

The Irish Council for Bioethics also has a page dedicated to Stem Cells, as well as downloadable PDF report. See http://www.bioethics.ie/index.php/stem-cell-research

 

Project Partner Websites

 

http://www.remedi.ie (The Regenerative Medicine Instute at NUI Galway)

 

http://www.istge.it (The University of Genoa)

 

http://www.leeds.ac.uk (The University of Leeds)

 

http://www.cuni.cz (Charles University Prague)

 

http://www.ovagen.com (Ovagen Ltd)

 

http://www.pintail.eu (Pintail Ltd)