Cord Blood Stem Cell Act of 2003. 108th Congress
1st Session. H.R. 2852. To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Cord Blood
Stem Cell Bank Network to prepare, store, and distribute human umbilical cord
blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and to support peer-reviewed
research using such cells
Stem Cell Action Network (SCAN) A
grassroots advocacy organization whose goal is empowering voters with
information about stem cell research to enable them to choose candidates and
support public policy that is in their best
interest.
International Stem Cell-related Organizations Links
EuroStemCell (European
Consortium for Stem Cell Research): Brings together leading investigators from
across Europe to compare the basic properties of stem cells and to evaluate
their therapeutic potential. The project involves eleven academic institutes and
three small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from eight European countries.
The researchers have expertise in transgenesis, stem cell biology, developmental
biology, tissue repair, in vivo disease models and clinical cell
transplantation
New stem cell techniques avoid ethical concerns: By Clive Cookson, Science Editor, Monday,
October 17, 2005. “Science EditorUS
scientists have developed two new ways of generating embryonic stem cells,
designed to avoid some of the ethical objections to current methods that
involve destroying "potential human life". The journal Nature published papers on both
techniques in its online edition on Sunday. They work well in mice and the
researchers believe they could be applied to human stem cells. The more positive technique comes from
Advanced Cell Technology (ACT), a Massachusetts biotechnology company, ….
