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Stem cells are found in most multi-cellular organisms. They are characterized by their ability to renew themselves through mitotic cell division and differentiate into a diverse range of specialized cell types.

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• ABC News: Finnish Patient Gets New Jaw from Own Stem Cells

  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/02/2152899.htm
  Report that a bone transplant had been grown inside a patient from his stem cells, opening up new ways to treat severe tissue damage.

• All Things Stem Cell

  http://www.allthingsstemcell.com/
  A blog aiming to explore stem cell history, harvesting methods, uses in regenerative medicine, potential problems and recent news.

• BBC News: UK's First Hybrid Embryos Created

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7323298.stm
  Report on survival of embryos in which human DNA has replaced native genetic material in bovine ova, at Newcastle University.

• Cell Therapy News

  http://www.celltherapynews.com/
  Promotes the field of cell therapy and facilitates the exchange of information and resources. Provides news and information on conferences, courses and jobs.

• CellNEWS

  http://cellnews-blog.blogspot.com/
  Blog with news and discussion on stem cells, cloning, and bioethics.

• Chxa

  http://www.chxa.com/
  Explains what stem cells are, the difference between embryonic and adult stem cells, the function of bone marrow and its transplantation.

• Cloned Monkey Stem Cells Produced

  http://www.nature.com/news/2007/071114/full/news.2007.245.html
  News article and comments on a report on the creation of embryonic cell-lines from cloned primate embryos. Published by Nature.

• Cloning of Human Stem Cells Speeds Up

  http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/kbe/Koreadossier3/4.html
  Introduction to an article describing work on patient specific cloning of stem cells. Seoul National University, South Korea.

• Crucial Human Cell Isolated, Multiplied

  http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/cell110698.htm
  Washington Post announcement of successful isolation of pluripotent human embryonic stem cells, independently at Wisconsin and Baltimore.

• Mesenchymal Stem Cells

  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16684817?dopt=Abstract
  Researchers at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil have found that mesenchymal stem cells reside in virtually all post-natal organs and tissues.

• Stem Cell Information

  http://stemcells.nih.gov/
  Official resource about research, using human embryonic lines under Federal policy, eligibility criteria, funding opportunities for scientists. Includes FAQ maintained by the National Institutes of Health, Maryland.

• Stem Cell News Blog

  http://www.stemcelldaily.com/
  A collection of articles about stem cells and research.

• Stem Cell Treatments

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem_cell_therapy
  Wikipedia article providing information on this type of genetic medicine that introduces stem cells into damaged tissue in order to treat a disease or injury.

• Stem Cells News

  http://www.stem-cells-news.com/
  Provides details about recent stem cell research.

• Stem Cells Portal

  http://www.stemcellsportal.com/
  Aims to support stem cell research labs and societies worldwide, by offering access to a broad array of resources in one central location, and to aid in collaborations, discussion and networking.

• UK Scientists Clone Human Embryo

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4563607.stm
  Report on research involving introduction of DNA from embryonic stem cells, surviving in egg genome from 11 women, for three to five days, the country's first patient specific cells. Publication due in Reproductive and BioMedicine Online from Newcastle University.

• UW-Madison Scientists Guide Human Skin Cells to Embryonic State

  http://www.news.wisc.edu/14474
  Introduction to report by Yu and Thomson on developing eight undifferentiated pluripotent stem cell lines, using OCT4, SOX2, NANOG, and LIN28 to reprogram adult somatic fibroblasts. Includes links to related media coverage.

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