American Association for the Advancement of Science
AAAS Center for Science, Technology, and Congress |
site: http://aaas.org/ | Science Magazine |
AAMC |
The Broad Foundation
was founded by Eli and Edythe L. Broad as a Los Angeles-based venture philanthropy focused on entrepreneurship for the public good in education, science, and the arts. The Broads have also founded the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Mass., a partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University and its affiliated hospitals, and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, to use the power of genomics to understand human disease.
BROAD Institute | broadfoundation.org |
American Society for Cell Bilogy
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) was founded in 1960 to bring the varied facets of cell biology together. The Society's purpose is to promote and develop the field of cell biology. Its objectives are achieved through the scholarly dissemination of research at its Annual Meeting and Summer Meetings in its publications. The ASCB strives to ensure the future of basic scientific research by providing training and development opportunities for students and young investigators, and also by keeping Congress and the American public informed about the importance of biomedical research. Since its founding, the ASCB has grown to more than 11,000 members. Members are located throughout the United States and in 50 other countries.
Membership in the ASCB is open to all scientists who have education or research experience in cell biology or an allied field. Full members should have a Ph.D. or other professional degree (e.g., M.D., D.V.M), or have equivalent experience in scientific research. Successful application requires sponsorship by one Regular or Postdoctoral member of the Society. Student membership is available to candidates in good standing for a doctoral degree. Membership includes scientists in universities, colleges, professional schools, government, industry, and public and private research institutions. A special non-voting membership category is available to corporations that provide products and services for research in the life sciences.
site: http://ascb.org/
| about |
Canada: Stem
Cell Network |
1960 -- Dr. Ernest ‘Bun’ McCulloch
& Dr. James Edgar Till | Stem
Cells |
China: http://usembassy-china.org.cn/sandt/stemcell.htm
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Genetics Policy Institute GPI
The Genetics Policy Institute
(GPI) is the international thought and opinion leader on the intelligent,
ethical regulation of stem cell research. Founded in 2003, GPI is the leading
nonprofit organization dedicated to establishing a positive legal framework
to advance the search for cutting-edge cures. It serves as a unifying voice
for patients, researchers, universities and nonprofit organizations throughout
the world in calling upon legislative bodies to ban reproductive cloning
while preserving scientific freedom in the pursuit of cures.
However, one of the most important aspects of embryonic stem cell research, called
somatic cell nuclear transfer
(SCNT)
or therapeutic cloning,
is under siege by the government and by interest groups in the U.S. and elsewhere who would outlaw the research, make criminals of mainstream scientists, and delay or prevent cures for years, if not decades. Draconian legislation that has already been passed by the U.S. House of Representatives would even put U.S. citizens who obtain treatments based on this cutting-edge technology in jail. This legislation now awaits ratification by the Senate, and similar anti-research bills have been introduced in over 20 states.
GPI has led the charge to defend the rights of patients and for the preservation of scientific freedom. It has created an international coalition of legislators, scientists, patients, advocates and other nonprofit groups to help protect this vital research. Through its meetings, publications, press relations and other educational initiatives, GPI educates top decision-makers about the importance of banning unethical reproductive cloning while keeping life-saving research legal throughout the United States and the world.
Since 2003, the Genetics Policy Institute has already been instrumental in preventing worldwide anti-research treaties by bringing some of the world’s preeminent scientists together at the United Nations to educate its members about the importance of therapeutic cloning in research. In June 2005, GPI will host a landmark summit of scientists, bioethicists and advocacy groups in Houston, TX to help guide the national effort to keep life-saving research legal.
GPI is a sponsored project of the National Heritage Foundation, a federally recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
site: http://genpol.org/
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Bernard Siegal, J.D. : http://bernardsiegel.com/
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Gerontological Society of America
: http://geron.org/ |
Harvard Stem Cell Institute
HSCI: http://stemcell.harvard.edu/index.jsp
| research
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Roy M. and Phyllis Gough Huffington
Center on Aging
at Baylor College of Medicine
site: http://hcoa.org/newsite/index.asp
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The International Society for Stem Cell Research | ISSCR
is an independent, nonprofit organization established to promote and foster the exchange and dissemination of information and ideas relating to stem cells, to encourage the general field of research involving stem cells and to promote professional and public education in all areas of stem cell research and application.
Paul Simmons
Austrialia -- Peter MacCallum
Cancer Institute in Melbourne
Texas -- Centre for Stem Cell
Biology at the University of Texas in Houston
International Society | ISSCR
: http://isscr.org/ |
Site map: http://isscr.org/sitemap.cfm
| funding
projects |
2006 Annual Meeting: http://isscr.org/meetings/index.htm
| July 29 2006
2006 Annual Meeting Speakers:
http://isscr.org/meetings/speakers.htm
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Literature: http://isscr.org/science/literature.htm
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Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
site: http://jdrf.org/
| stem
cells |
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
a multidisciplinary research establishment
dedicated to the study of human development and education.
Berlin - Germany : http://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de
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National Academies - Stem Cells Advisory Committee |
National Center for Human Genome Research
-- James Watson
site: http://genome.gov/ | wiki |
NIH: http://stemcells.nih.gov/ |
-- Basics: http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics/basics1.asp |
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) |
Roslin Institute: http://www.roslin.ac.uk/ | links |
-- Dolly: http://whyfiles.org/148clone_clash/5.html |
The Royal Society | wiki |
The Royal Society of London for
the Improvement of Natural Knowledge,
known simply as the Royal Society,
was founded in 1660 and claims
to be the oldest learned society still in existence
The Royal Society, the UK's national
academy of science, is at the cutting edge of scientific progress. It supports
many of the UK's top young scientists, engineers and technologists. It influences
science policy, it debates scientific issues with the public and much more.
It is an independent, charitable body which derives its authoritative status
from its 1400 Fellows and Foreign Members.
The Stowers Institute for Medical
Research
seeks more effective means of
preventing and curing disease through basic research on genes and proteins
that control fundamental processes of cellular life.
Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer
by William Neaves, PhD | PDF
File |
Stowers Institute
for Medical Research |
Texas
Centre for Stem Cell Biology
at the University of Texas's
Brown
Foundation Institute for Molecular Medicine |
2121 W. Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77030
Phone (713) 500-2401 Fax (713) 500-2420
Vanderbilt
Center
for Stem Cell Biology|
The mission of the Vanderbilt
Center for Stem Cell Biology is to learn more about the biology of stem
cells and mechanisms for directing their differentiation to specific cell
fates. Embryonic stem cells are able to differentiate into any of the
many different cell types found in the body.
Stem Cell Information
| FAQ |
News
report |
Wisconsin
WiCell Research Institute
Non-profit organization
founded by the University of
Wisconsin to explore embryonic stem cell research
WiCell: http://www.wicell.org/
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James Thomson:
profile
| images
| the
promise | Thompson
Lab |
Embryonic, or "pluripotent,"
stem cells exist in the human embryo for a few weeks after conception.
In 1998, James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin-Madison proved that
they can be sustained indefinitely in the lab, creating hundreds of generations
of identical stem cells. This is a crucial step toward one medical goal
of stem cells research: creating well-known lines of cells. That would
give transplant surgeons a standard bottle labeled "Cell Type 3-A, for
use in stroke patients."
The current focus of my lab is on understanding the ES
cell itself. We wish to understand why this cell can form any cell in the
body (pluripotency); how an ES cell chooses between self-renewal and the
initial decision to differentiate; what determines which developmental
transitions are allowed or not-allowed; and how a differentiated cell with
limited developmental potential can be reprogrammed to a pluripotent cell.
University of Wisconsin
| Celll Research: http://www.stemcells.wisc.edu/
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James Thompson | U.W. Madison | first to isolate a human
embryonic stem cell in 1998
UW-Madison: http://www.news.wisc.edu/packages/stemcells/3327.html
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site: http://www.news.wisc.edu/packages/stemcells/
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Institutes
Sigma Xi -- The Scientific Research Society of the U.S.
