INTERNATIONAL PATENTS, REPORTS + POLICY DOCUMENTS
1998
Primate Embryonic Stem Cells (US Patent: 5,843,780, 6,200,806 + 7,029,913) - "WARF Patent" - James Thomson (Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation) - Filed, January 1996 - First issued December 1998
2001
Stem Cells: Scientific Progress and Future Research Directions - US Department of Health and Human Services - June 2001
Stem Cell Research - The Royal Society - June 2001
2002
Tissue Engineering Research - WTEC Panel Report - International Technology Research Institute - January 2002
Stem Cell Research Report - House of Lords - February 2002
2003
Public Consultation on the Stem Cell Bank - Medical Research Council - September 2003
The Emergence of Tissue Engineering as a Research Field - The National Science Foundation - October 2003
Human Tissue Engineered Products – Today's Markets and Future Prospects - IPTS/EU JRS - October 2003
2004
Cellular Therapy: Potential Treatment for Heart Disease - US FDA - June 2004
Regulating Stem Cell Therapies - Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology - June 2004
Stem cell mission to China, Singapore and South Korea Report - DTI Global Watch Mission - September 2004
BIA Booklet - Profile on Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine - BIA - October 2004
Proposition 71 - The California Stem Cell Research and Cures Act of 2004 - Approved November 2004
2005
2020: A New Vision - A Future for Regenerative Medicine - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - January 2005
Code of Practice for the Use of Human Stem Cell Lines - Medical Research Council - March 2005
Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research - National Academy of Sciences - April 2005 (Advance Copy)
Human Tissue Engineering and Beyond: Proposal for a Community Regulatory Framework on Advanced Therapies - European Commission Initiative - May 2005
The Global Commercialisation of UK Stem Cell Research - UK Trade & Investment - June 2005
Advanced Therapies: Tissue Engineering, Cell Therapy and Gene Therapy - Proposal - European Commission Initiative - November 2005
Human Tissue-Engineered Products: Potential Socio-Economic Impacts of a New European Regulatory Framework for Authorisation, Supervision and Vigilance - IPTS/EU JRS - November 2005
UK Stem Cell Initiative Report and Recommendations - UKSCI - November 2005
UK Stem Cell Initiative Report and Recommendations - UK Government Response - December 2005
2006
Stem Cell Research - CRS Report for Congress - January 2006
Concept paper on guidance for human cell-based medicinal - EMEA - January 2006
Umbilical Cord Blood Banking Opinion Paper - Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists - June 2006
Sixth Quarterly Update on the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and the Independent Citizen’s Oversight Committee (ICOC) pertaining to Proposition 71 - Dr. Stephen Lynn - UKTI (San Francisco) - July 2006
Regenerative Medicine 2006 - US Department of Health and Human Services - August 2006
DTI Global Watch Mission Report - "Advanced cell & tissue therapies - A mission to the US" - September 2006
Turning Stem Cells into Cures - DRAFT Scientific Strategic Plan - California Institute for Regenerative Medicine - October 2006
PAS 83 - Guidance on codes of practice, standardised methods and regulations for cell-based therapeutics, from basic research to clinical application - DTI in collaboration with BSi - November 2006
Seventh Quarterly Update on the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and the Independent Citizen’s Oversight Committee (ICOC) pertaining to Proposition 71 - Dr. Stephen Lynn - UKTI (San Francisco) - November 2006
2007
Eigth Quarterly Update on the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and the Independent Citizen’s Oversight Committee (ICOC) pertaining to Proposition 71 - Dr. Stephen Lynn - UKTI (San Francisco) - February 2007
Ninth Quarterly Update on Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine - California and the wider US - Dr. Maike Rentel - British Consulate-General, San Francisco - May 2007
Tenth Quarterly Update on Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine - California and the wider US - Dr. Maike Rentel - British Consulate-General, San Francisco - August 2007
Eleventh Quarterly Update on Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine - California and the wider US - Dr. Maike Rentel - British Consulate-General, San Francisco - November 2007
2008
Twelfth Quarterly Update on the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and the Independent Citizen’s Oversight Committee (ICOC) pertaining to Proposition 71 - Dr. Maike Rentel - British Consulate-General, San Francisco - March 2008
MISCELLANEOUS
Stem Cell Information - Glossary - NIH
Stem Cell Information - Policy and Guidelines Information - NIH
Clean Room at the UK Stem Cell Bank - NIBSC - Short Movie
Celltran "myskin" - Short cartoon describing the principles of tissue engineering - Celltran Ltd.
Robert Klein Interview - Chairman of the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee for the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) - UC TV - UC Berkeley - March 2006
BLOGS
The Regeneration Station - Jon Rowley's blog on the technology behind regenerative medicine - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Ben's Stem Cell News - Recommended daily reading for the very latest in international stem cell news!
California Stem Cell Report - The only website devoted solely to the California stem cell agency, other than the official government site
OTHER USEFUL WEBSITES
Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA) – Emerging Therapies and Technologies
British Standards Institute – Regenerative medicine information
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
EU Initiative: Advanced Therapies: Tissue Engineering, Cell Therapy and Gene Therapy
MHRA – Regulation of Tissue Engineering
UK Department of Health – UK Stem Cell Initiative
UK Department of Health/Medical Research Council online clinical trials guide
UK Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
UK Human Tissue Authority
UK Stem Cell Bank
UK NETWORKS
BRITE Net - British Tissue Engineering Network
East of England Stem Cell Network
London Regenerative Medicine Network
Scottish Stem Cell Network
UK National Stem Cell Network
