Useful Links for Expectant Mothers

These are some useful online stem cell resources.

• National Intsitutes of Health: Stem Cell Information - stemcells.nih.gov
  The official National Institutes of Health resource for stem cell research
  Source:National Intsitutes of Health: Stem Cell Information

• National Marrow Donor Program - www.marrow.org
  The National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) helps people who need a life-saving marrow or blood cell transplant. We connect patients, doctors, donors and researchers to resources they need to help more people live longer, healthier lives.
  Source:National Marrow Donor Program

• The Cord Blood Forum - www.cordbloodforum.org
  The cordbloodforum.org web site is a non-commercial, non-political source of information and an opportunity for communication among transplant physicians, transplant coordinators, cord blood bankers, and patients.
  Source:The Cord Blood Forum

• European Consortium for Stem Cell Research - www.eurostemcell.org
  The EuroStemCell consortium brings together fourteen partners, integrating a broad range of disciplines and combining the expertise of the best laboratories in Europe.
  Source:European Consortium for Stem Cell Research

• The Stem Cell Forum - www.stemcellforum.org
  The International Stem Cell Forum (ISCF) is made up of 14 funders of stem cell research from around the world. It was founded in January 2003 to encourage international collaboration and funding support for stem cell research, with the overall aim of promoting global good practice and accelerating progress in this vitally important area of biomedical science.
  Source:The Stem Cell Forum

• Stem Cells: Therapies for the Future? - europa.eu.int/comm/research/quality-of-life/stemcells.html
  This website provides news and information for the conference - Stem cells: therapies for the future? - which was held in Brussels in December 2001. It is written in English, but some of the documents are also available in French and German.
  Source:Stem Cells: Therapies for the Future?

• Biotechnology Industry Organization - science.bio.org/cloning.news.html
  Cloning, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine News
  Source:Biotechnology Industry Organization

• Nature - Focus on Stem Cells - origin.www.nature.com/nature/stemcells/
  Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is the scientific publishing arm of Macmillan Publishers Ltd, combining the excellence of: Nature, Nature research journals, Nature Reviews, Nature Clinical Practice journals and NPG academic journals, to provide the world's premier information resource for the basic biological and physical sciences.
  Source:Nature - Focus on Stem Cells

• Stem Cell Research News - www.stemcellresearchnews.com/
  The premier source of news and information about stem cell research!
  Source:Stem Cell Research News

• Stem Cells - stemcells.alphamedpress.org/
  The International Journal of Cell Differentiation and Proliferation
  Source:Stem Cells

• International Cord Blood Society - www.cordblood.org/welcome/icbs/
  The ICBS website has been launched as a platform for discussion, presentation of new and existing research, and general dissemination of stem cell research.
  Source:International Cord Blood Society

• International Society for Stem Cell Research - www.isscr.org/
  The International Society for Stem Cell Research is an independent, nonprofit organization formed in 2002 to foster the exchange of information on stem cell research. Learn more about this exciting new organization.
  Source:International Society for Stem Cell Research

• Under the Microscope: Looking at Stem Cell Research - www4.nas.edu/onpi/webextra.nsf/web/stemcell?OpenDocument
  Scientists speculate that stem cells hold great potential for treating or curing illnesses, including juvenile diabetes and Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease
  Source:Under the Microscope: Looking at Stem Cell Research

• U.S. Food and Drug Administration - www.fda.gov/cber/
  CBER is committed to advancing the public health through innovative regulations that ensure the safety, effectiveness and timely delivery to patients of biological products. The mission of CBER is to protect and enhance the public health through the regulation of biological and related products including blood, vaccines, tissue, allergenics and biological therapeutics.
  Source:U.S. Food and Drug Administration