Stem Cells

White Paper: Alternative Sources of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells (May 2005) "Monitoring Stem Cell Research" (January 2004) Embryonic Stem Cell Research (Gearhart, 4-25-2002) Adult Stem Cell Research (Verfaillie, 4-25-2002) Ethics of Embryonic Stem Cell Research (Outka, 4-25-2002) NIH Funding of Stem Cell Research (Baldwin, 7-11-2002) Early Embryonic Development: An Up-to-Date Account (Opitz, 1-16-2003) Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine: Overcoming Immune Rejection (Current State of Research) (Itescu, 6-12-2003) Stem Cell Research: Current Ethical Literature (Lauritzen, 7-24-2003) Stem Cell Research: Recent Scientific and Clinical Developments (Gearhart, Jaenisch, Prentice, 7-24-2003) Stem Cell Research: Current Law and Policy with Emphasis on the States (Andrews, 7-24-2003) The “Research Imperative”: Is Research a Moral Obligation? (Callahan, 7-24-2003) The Meaning of Federal Funding (Berkowitz, 9-4-2003) Administration Funding Policy: Legal and Moral Foundations (Council Discussion, 9-4-2003) Role of NIH and FDA (Zerhouni, McClellan, 9-4-2003) Role of Nongovernmental Activity (Okarma, Palmer, Pursley, Goldstein, 9-4-2003) Recent Developments (Ethics and Science, 10-17-2003) Council's Report to the President (1-15-2004) Seeking Morally Unproblematic Sources of Human Embryonic Stem Cells (Zucker, Landry, Hurlbut, 12-3-2004) Alternative Sources of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells (Council Discussion, 3-4-2005) Stem Cell Research Update (Schöler, 11-16-2006) Stem Cell Research Update and Alternative Sources of Pluripotent Stem Cells (May 2005) (Council Discussion, 11-16-2006)

Callahan, Daniel. "The Research Imperative: Introduction" (July 2003) Callahan, Daniel. "The Research Imperative: Is Research a Moral Obligation?" (July 2003) Gearhart, John. "Human Embryonic Germ Cells: June 2001 – July 2003" Lauritzen, Paul. "The Ethics of Stem Cell Research" July 2003) Outka, Gene. "The Ethics of Stem Cell Research" (April 2002) Prentice, David. "Adult Stem Cells" (July 2003) Itescu, Silviu. "Stem Cells and Tissue Regeneration: Lessons from Recipients of Solid Organ Transplantation" (June 2003) Staff Working Paper: The Administration's Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Funding Policy: Moral and Political Foundations (September 2003) Commissioned Working Paper : Berkowitz, Peter. "The Meaning of Federal Funding" (September 2003) Jaenisch, Rudolph. "The Biology of Nuclear Cloning and the Potential of Embryonic Stem Cells for Transplantation Therapy" (July 2003) Staff Working Paper: Monitoring Stem Cell Research: The Ethical Debates Reviewed (October 2003) Staff Working Paper: Applications of Human Stem Cells in Research and Medicine (October 2003) Altered Nuclear Transfer as a Morally Acceptable Means for the Procurement of Human Embryonic Stem Cells (Hurlbut, December 2004)

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