Looking for Scientific Data Regarding Adult, Umbilical, and Embryonic Stem Cell Research

[Michael Goldsberry]

Have you tried the Bible? That's available in hard copy.

[sarasmom]

IBTZ

[Gay State Conservative]

Many public libraries (at least the ones near me) subscribe to The Journal of the American Medical Association and The New England Journal of Medicine.Some,I believe,even subscribe to The Lancet,which is published in London.

Also,if you have a medical school near you,it *might* be possible to gain access to the periodicals section without,as I'm sure you can imagine,borrowing privileges.

[kinoxi]

Look for Asian journals/newspapers with credits. They have less stringent rules and seem to put out a lot more info on adult and umbilical cord procedures. BTW (vanity).

[MarcusTulliusCicero]

I would suggest searching the NCBI search engine. Just type in the subject that you wish to search. It will give you abstracts exclusively for peer-reviewed scientific journal articles. NCBI Entrez Server

[ConservativeTeacherInTraining]

LOL. I thought about that, but since it's a debate class, that might not go over too well. :-)

[pieceofthepuzzle]

Try PubMed. Regarding embryonic versus adult stem cells, the cell therapy data for the heart is a good place to start. There are data demonstrating that embryonic stem cells can form teratoma's in the heart (tumors with cells/tissue differentiated into multiple different lineages; e.g. teeth, muscle, hair), and that adult and cord blood-derived 'stem' cells do not do this. There is an upside and a downside to omnipotency in stem cells. Adult and cord blood-derived cells might have less retained ability to differentiate into multiple cell types, but they are also arguably less risky for this reason.

Hope this helps.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Welcome to FR newbie, have fun and glad to see you come aboard.

[retMD]

Agreed, Pubmed is your best bet, which is the NCBI link given above. Even when you can't access the full article, you may get good pointers from the abstract.

[ConservativeTeacherInTraining]

Thanks for your post. I did pull up PubMed and I'm looking through the articles now.

[retMD]

And many large universities have good collections of peer-reviewed medical journals. You're not likely to be able to take them out, but you should be able to copy articles on site.

[ConservativeTeacherInTraining]

Boy, there is a lot of information. It would be nice if I could translate the titles and articles into layman's terms. :-)

[ConservativeTeacherInTraining]

Thanks. I may look to you to translate some of this jargon. I took a class in medical terminology, but this stuff is beyond me.

[retMD]

Some of it may be quite technical. I'm pretty tied up for the next two weeks, but could answer a few questions for you. There are some breaks in the work, also, so go ahead and ask when you have the information.

[comitatus]

Check out www.thecbc.org. I am on the Board of this organization, and the site has a lot of info on bioethics and stemm cell research.

[freedumb2003]

ibtz?

[ConservativeTeacherInTraining]

thanks

[Shimmer128]

I'm sorry if the info is too much for you. Perhaps we could do your research and writing the paper for you as well?

[Kirkwood]

Medline. You should be able to access it for free through your school library system.