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Hi All, The National Institutes of Health Report (200 pages) is Now Available Online... http://eos13.cit.nih.gov/news/stemcell/scireport.htm Stem Cells: Scientific Progress and Future Research Directions Download entire report in one large file (20 MB). http://eos13.cit.nih.gov/news/stemcell/fullrptstem.pdf (must have Acrobat Reader) Opportunities and Challenges: A Focus on Future Stem Cell Applications The makings of future news headlines about tomorrow's life saving therapies starts in the biomedical research laboratory. Ideas abound; early sucesses and later failures and knowledge gained from both; the rare lightning bolt of an unexpected breakthrough discovery — this is a glimpse of the behind the scenes action of some of the world's most acclaimed stem cell scientists' quest to solve some of the human body's most challenging mysteries. Stem cells — what lies ahead? The following chapters explore some of the cutting edge research featuring stem cells. Disease and disorders with no therapies or at best, partially effective ones, are the lure of the pursuit of stem cell research. Described here are examples of significant progress that is a prologue to an era of medical discovery of cell-based therapies that will one day restore function to those whose lives are now challenged every day — but perhaps in the future, no longer. Contents Preface Executive Summary Chapter 1: The Stem Cell Chapter 2: The Embryonic Stem Cell Chapter 3: The Human Embryonic Stem Cell and The Human Embryonic Germ Cell Chapter 4: The Adult Stem Cell Chapter 5: Hematopoietic Stem Cells Chapter 6: Autoimmune Diseases and the Promise of Stem Cell-Based Therapies Chapter 7: Stem Cells and Diabetes Chapter 8: Rebuilding the Nervous System with Stem Cells Chapter 9: Can Stem Cells Repair a Damaged Heart? Chapter 10: Assessing Human Stem Cell Safety Chapter 11: Use of Genetically Modified Stem Cells in Experimental Gene Therapies Appendix A: Early Development Appendix B: Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells Appendix C: Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Embryonic Germ Cells Appendix D: Stem Cell Tables i. Published Reports on Isolation and Differentiation of Mouse Stem Cells ii. Published Reports on Isolation and Differentiation of Human Fetal Tissue Germ Cells iii. Published Reports on Isolation and Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells iv. Published Reports on Isolation and Differentiation of Human Embryonic Carcinoma Stem Cells v. Published Reports on Isolation and Differentiation of Human Adult Stem Cells vi. References Appendix E: Stem Cell Markers i. Markers: How Do Researchers Use Them to Identify Stem Cells? ii. Commonly Used Markers to Identify Stem Cells and Characterize Differentiated Cell Types Appendix F: Glossary and Terms i. Glossary ii. Terms Appendix G: Informational Resources i. Persons Interviewed ii. Special Contributions iii. Acknowledgments SOURCE: NIH web site http://eos13.cit.nih.gov/news/stemcell/scireport.htm * * * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn