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As a part of the ARC funded research
project 'Biotechnology Across the Borders of Life: Embryonic Stem
Cell Technology and Global Medical Exchange' the Globalism Institute
is providing the following links as a resource for interested researchers. In time, other research resources based
around broad themes such as commemoration will be made available here.
Embryonic Stem Cell Technology Links
We welcome notification of any relevant links for addition to these
pages. The links are divided into five overlapping areas:
Agencies, Acts and Policy on Embyronic Stem Cell Technology
Local (Australian)
At the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting on 5 April 2002 it was agreed that all states would introduce legislation to enable and comply with the federal Human Cloning Bill (2002): many of the state Acts and policies are still in the process of being passed through state legislature.
Victoria
Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary documents
The relevant Acts are:
Research Involving Human Embryos and Prohibition of Human Cloning Act 2003
Infertility Treatment Act 1995
Human Tissue Act 1982
Victorian Infertility Treatment Authority
Department of Human Services Biotechnology Homepage
Draft Code of Ethical Practice for the Propagation and Use of Approved Human Stem Cell Lines
New South Wales
New South Wales Parliament: Human Tissues Act (1983)
West Australia
West Australian Parliament: Human Reproductive Technology Act (1991)
Federal
NHMRC
AHEC
Biotechnology Australia
Australian Federal Legislation and Parliamentary documents
Human cloning report 2001
Provisions of the Research Involving Embryos and Prohibition of Human Cloning Bill 2002
Agencies, Acts and Policy: International
United Kingdom
Her Majesty's Stationery Office(for official government publications)
Parliament(for parliamentary reports)
Stem Cell Research: Medical Progress with Responsibility (June 2000)
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (HFE Act)
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
Human Genetics Commission
Department of Health
Nuffield Council on Bioethics
USA
National Institute of Health information on Stem Cells webpages provides the most up-to-date information on US Federal government policy, including the relevant legislation and a comprehensive set of links to US research sites and databases.
National Bioethics Advisory Committee
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The Hastings Center
Singapore
Bioethics Advisory Committee
Ministry of Health Singapore - National Medical Ethics Committee
BioMed Singapore
Member States of the European Union
See Survey on the National Regulations in the European Union regarding Research on Human Embryos by Brigitte Gratton, July 2002, for a comprehensive precis of all the relevant regulations within the EU, including links to relevant websites.
Agencies, Acts and Policy: Global
European Union
Council of Europe, Steering Committee on Bioethics (CDBI)
Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine
Additional Protocol on the Prohibition of Cloning Human Beings
United Nations
Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights
The Use of Embryonic Stem Cells in Therapeutic Research
(Report of the International Bioethics Committee)
Ethical Debates Around Embryonic Stem Cell Technology
Ethics sites: Local (Australian)
Australian Health Ethics Commision
Caroline Chisholm Centre for Health Ethics
St James Ethics Centre
Southern Cross Bioethics Institute
The Murdoch Children's Research Institute: Ethics Unit
Ethics sites: International
Again for a comprehensive list of ethics sites in European Union Countries, see Survey on the National Regulations in the European Union regarding Research on Human Embryos by Brigitte Gratton, July 2002.
Council of Europe, Steering Committee on Bioethics (CDBI)
Bioethics Advisory Committee (Singapore)
Nuffield Council on Bioethics (UK)
National Bioethics Advisory Committee (US)
The Hastings Center (US)
Ethics sites: Global
UNESCO International Bioethics Committee
Research Institutes that work on Embryonic Stem Cell Technology
This list is only meant to be indicative, not comprehensive. See also the related list of Companies that research and commercialise Embryonic Stem Cell Technology.
Research Institutes: Local (Australia)
Monash Institute of Reproduction and Development
The National Stem Cell Centre
Sydney IVF
The Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Research Institutes: International
Advanced Cell Technology (Massachusetts, US)
University of Wisconsin-Madison: Waisman Center
University of Wisconsin-Madison: Stem Cell Research Program
Hadassah Medical Organisation (Israel)
Hubrecht Laboratory (Netherlands)
National University of Singapore
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Roslin Institute
Cambridge Institute for Medical Research
Companies that research and commercialise Embryonic Stem Cell Technology
Biotech Companies: Local (Australia)
The following provide links to some of the most well known Australian companies, but for a comprehensive listing of such companies in Australia see the regularly updated AusBiotech Biotechnology Directory website.
Bresagen (Adelaide)
Monash Institute of Reproduction and Development
The National Stem Cell Centre
Biotech Companies: International
These are just a few of the international companies commercialising stem cell research. For detailed information on the corporate histories of biotechnology commercialisers around the world, but particularly the US, see William Hoffman's Stem Cell Map.
International Society for Stem Cell Research (US)
Curis (US)
Life Science Investments (Biomedical Sciences Investments, Singapore Economic Development Board)
Quark Biotechnology (US)
ES Cell International (Singapore)
Advanced Cell Technology (Massachusetts, US)
Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. (US)
BioTransplant, Inc. (US)
CyThera, Inc. (US)
Geron Corp. (US)
Miltenyi Biotec GmbH (Germany)
ViaCell, Inc. (US)
Journal, Magazine and online archives on Embryonic Stem Cell Technology
Other research resource websites:
William Hoffman's Stem Cell Map
This site gives very useful information on the demographics of stem cell technology, worldwide.
Journal sites:
Stem Cells: the International Journal of Cell Differentiation and Proliferation
Stem Cell Research News
Stem Cell Research Foundation
Magazine sites:
Nature (on stem cells)
Nature (on biotech)
New Scientist
News sites:
These sites regularly publish items on developments.
BBC News
The Guardian
The Straights Times
Business Week Online
SciDev (Science and Development website)
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