The stem cell controversy: debating the issues

The Science of Stem Cells

Stem cells: a primer / National Institutes of Health

The language really matters / Jane Maienschein

Can old cells learn new tricks? / Gretchen Vogel

Adult stem cells: a positive perspective / Sidney Houff

"Parthenotes" expand the debate on stem cells / Rick Weiss

Medical Cures and Promises

Paralyzed mouse walks again as scientists fight stem cell ban / Katty Kay and Mark Henderson

60 Minutes II, Holy grail / Carol Marin

Human stem cell research and the potential for clinical application / National Bioethics Advisory Commission

Fetal neuron grafts pave the way for stem cell therapies / Marcia Barinaga

Promises of stem cells kept / Leigh Shoemaker

Moral Issues

The stem cell slide: be alert to the beginnings of evil / Michael Novak

Research with human embryonic stem cells: ethical considerations / Geron Ethics Advisory Board

Ethics and policy in embryonic stem cell research / John A. Robertson

The ethics and politics of small sacrifices in stem cell research / Glenn McGee and Arthur Caplan

The ethical case against stem cell research / Soren Holm

Stem cell research: the failure of bioethics / Don Marquis

Public stem cell banks: considerations of justice in stem cell research and therapy / Ruth R. Faden, Liza Dawson, Alison S. Bateman-House, et al.

Religious Issues

Patients' voices: the powerful sound in the stem cell debate / Daniel Perry

The stem cell controversy / Ted Peters

Stem cells and the Catholic Church / Aline H. Kalbian

Testimony of Abdulaziz Sachedina / Abdulaziz Sachedina for National Bioethics Advisory Commission

Human embryonic stem cell research: an intercultural perspective / LeRoy Walters

Policy Issues

A time for restraint / Frank E. Young

The politics and ethics of human embryo and stem cell research / Kenneth J. Ryan

The basics about stem cells / Maureen L. Condic

Locating convergence: ethics, public policy, and human stem cell research / Andrew W. Siegel

Stem cells: public policy and ethics / Cindy R. Towns and D. Gareth Jones

Ethical consistency in embryonic stem cell research / Simon Clarke.

President George W. Bush on stem cell research

The Science of Stem Cells

Stem cells: a primer / National Institutes of Health

The language really matters / Jane Maienschein

Can old cells learn new tricks? / Gretchen Vogel

Adult stem cells: a positive perspective / Sidney Houff

"Parthenotes" expand the debate on stem cells / Rick Weiss

Medical Cures and Promises

Paralyzed mouse walks again as scientists fight stem cell ban / Katty Kay and Mark Henderson

60 Minutes II, Holy Grail / Carol Marin

Human stem cell research and the potential for clinical application / National Bioethics Advisory Commission

Fetal neuron grafts pave the way for stem cell therapies / Marcia Barinaga

Moral Issues

The stem cell slide: be alert to the beginnings of evil / Michael Novak

Research with human embryonic stem cells: ethical considerations / Green Ethics Advisory Board

Ethics and policy in embryonic stem cell research / John A. Robertson

The ethics and politics of small sacrifices in stem cell research / Glenn McGee and Arthur Caplan

Religious Issues

Testimony of Nathan Salley / Nathan Salley for National Bioethics Advisory Commission

Patients' voices: the powerful sound in the stem cell debate / Daniel Perry

Testimony of Ronald Cole-Turner for National Bioethics Advisory Commission

Testimony of Father Demetrios Demopulos / Demetrios Demopulos for National Bioethics Advisory Commission

Stem cells and the Catholic Church / Aline H. Kalbian

Testimony of Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff / Elliot N. Dorff for National Bioethics Advisory Commission

Testimony of Abdulaziz Sachedina / Abdulaziz Sachedina for National Bioethics Advisory Commission

Policy Issues

A time for restraint / Frank E. Young

The politics and ethics of human embryo and stem cell research / Kenneth J. Ryan

Ethical issues in human stem cell research: conclusions and recommendations / National Bioethics Advisory Commission

The basics about stem cells / Maureen L. Condic

Locating convergence: ethics, public policy, and human stem cell research / Andrew W. Siegel.