Stem-Cell Research

Definition: Embryonic stem cells are undifferentiated cells that are unlike any specific adult cell. However, they have the ability to form any adult cell. Because undifferentiated embryonic stem cells can proliferate indefinitely in culture, they could potentially provide an unlimited source of specific, clinically important adult cells such as bone, muscle, liver or blood cells. (National Institutes of Health)


Cell of Cells : The Global Race to Capture and Control the Stem Cell QH588.S83 F69 2007	The Promise and Politics of Stem Cell Research QH588.S83 S65 2007	Stem Cell Research QH588.S83 N49 2007

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The Stem Cell Divide: The Facts, the Fiction, and the Fear Driving the Greatest Scientific, Political, and Religious Debate of Our Time	Stem Cell Research: Medical Applications and Ethical Controversy	The Proteus Effect: Stem Cells and Their Promise for Medicine

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RELEVANT SUBJECT HEADINGS: Stem Cell Transplants; Biotechnology; Stem cells -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects; Embryo Research -- ethics -- United States; Stem cells -- transplantation; Hematopoietic stem cells. -- Transplantation

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	Does a mother have a right to sell her fetus?
	Discuss the promise of stem cell research on a particular disease or condition like diabetes, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, etc.
	Should taxpayer money be used to subsidize stem cell research?
	Should the 1995 congressional ban on embryo research prevent fight stem cell research?
	Discuss corporate interest in stem cell research by such companies as Geron Corporation.
	Does the father (sperm donor) have any legal rights?

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Fact Sheet: Embryonic Stem Cell Research From the US Government

American Bioethics Advisory Commission A division of American Life League, Inc

National Institutes of Health Stem Cell Basics

National Library of Medicine Stem Cell Research

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