Monday, January 14, 2002
5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Lecture Hall D1.502
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

This program will focus on the basics and applications of Stem Cell Research and its ethical considerations.  


Speakers

Stem Cells Research - Basics & Applications
Dan Garry, M.D., Ph.D.
Asst. Professor, Internal Medicine - Cardiology

Stem Cell Research - Ethical Considerations
Fred Grinnell, Ph.D.
Professor, Cell Biology and the Director, Program in Ethics in Science and Medicine
 
  

A light meal will be served before the evening's program.  A certificate of completion will be provided for purposes of professional development credit. Please check with your school district to determine if credit will be accepted for this event.

Related Links and Articles

1) NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH: Stem Cells: A Primer : This primer presents background information on stem cells. http://www.nih.gov/news/stemcell/primer.htm

2) National Institutes of Health Guidelines for Research Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
http://www.nih.gov/news/stemcell/stemcellguidelines.htm

3) The American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Institute for Civil Society decided to undertake a study in order to propose recommendations for conducting stem cell research. Read their report at http://www.aaas.org/spp/dspp/sfrl/projects/stem/main.htm

4) National Institute of Health Stem Cell Information: http://www.nih.gov/news/stemcell/

5) Remarks by President George W. Bush on Stem Cell Research: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/08/print/20010809-2.html

6) CNN's In-Depth Special on the Stem Cell Debate: http://www5.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/stemcell/

7) Time.com's Stem Cell Debate: http://www.time.com/time/2001/stemcells/

8) Stem Cells The International Journal of Cell Differentiation and Proliferation: http://stemcells.alphamedpress.org/

9) CNN/Health article: Scientists, Senators Testify on Stem Cell Research http://www5.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/07/18/stem.cell.senate/

10) NIH Publication on Stem Cells: Scientific Progress and Future Research Directions http://www.nih.gov/news/stemcell/scireport.htm

11) List of site and webpages on Stem Cell Research http://usnews.about.com/cs/stemcellresearch/

12) MEDLINEplus: Health Information on Stem Cells/Stem Cell Transplantation: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/stemcellsstemcelltransplantation.html

13) National Institutes of Health (NIH) Update on Existing Human Embryonic Stem Cells http://www.nih.gov/news/stemcell/082701list.htm

14) Advances in Stem Cell Research Article: http://www.hhmi.org/bulletin/stemcells/

15) American Scientist: Human Embryonic Stem-Cell Research: Science and Ethics http://americanscientist.org/articles/99articles/Wright.html

16) The Why Files Guide to Stem Cell Research: http://whyfiles.org/127stem_cell/index.html

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