Stem Cell Resources

AAAS Resources

• Stem cell Q&A from the AAAS Communicating Science program.
• An online policy briefing is available from the AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Congress. It offers a comprehensive selection of AAAS statements, Science editorials, letters, testimony, and AAAS news related to stem cell science and policy, dating to 2000.
• Stem cell resources from the AAAS Scientific Freedom, Responsibility, and Law Program
• “Stem Cell Research and Applications: Monitoring the Frontiers of Biomedical Research Produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Institute for Civil Society,” November 1999

AAAS Engagement on Stem Cell Policy

• AAAS Welcomes Court Ruling to Allow Continued Federal Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research, 28 July 2011
• AAAS supports University of Nebraska President J.B. Milliken stance on human embryonic stem cell research, 11 November 2009
• “AAAS Response to Draft NIH Human Stem Cell Research Guidelines,” a letter from Alan I. Leshner, AAAS chief executive officer and executive publisher of Science. 20 May 2009
• AAAS Thanks President Obama for Executive Order, letter, 9 March 2009
• AAAS Urges President Bush to Approve Stem Cell research Enhancement Act, letter, 7 June 2007
• AAAS Urges U.S. Senate Support for Expanding Federally Funded Stem Cell Research, letter, 9 April 2007
• AAAS Urges House Support for Expanding Federally Funded Stem Cell Research, letter, 8 January 2007

Selected Science Editorials

• “Bridging Science and Society,” 19 February 2010
• “Out with the Old, In with the New,” 26 June 2009
• “Free-Range Eggs?” 20 April 2007
• “The Road to Balanced Oversight,” 18 August 2006
• “Stem Cells: Still Here, Still Waiting,” 9 May 2003
• “Harmful Moratorium on Stem Cell Research,” 20 September 2002
• “In Search of Stem Cell Policy,” 25 February 2000
• “Ethical Dilemmas and Stem Cell Research,” 24 September 1999

AAAS and Science News Coverage

• Hinxton Group Releases Recommendations for Stem Cell Science at AAAS Event,” 8 February 2011
• “AAAS Expresses Strong Concerns Regarding Stem Cell Ruling,” AAAS News, 25 August 2010
• “NIH Director Collins Says Cell Ruling Won’t Halt Most Ongoing Grants,” Joceyln Kaiser, ScienceInsider, 24 August 2010
• “Science: Special Section on Stem Cells Examines Route From Lab to Clinic,” AAAS News, 25 June 2009
• “AAAS Applauds Enhancement of Stem Cell Research and Scientific Integrity,” 9 March 2009
• “Embryonic Stem Cell Research Needed Despite Recent Breakthroughs, Op-Ed Says,” 4 December 2007
• “Standing in the Way of Stem Cell Research,” Washington Post op-ed by Alan I. Leshner, the AAAS CEO and executive publisher of Science and William Thompson, professor of anatomy at the University of Wisconsin and the first scientist to create human embryonic stem cells. 3 December 2007
• “AAAS Decries Latest Stem Cell Veto,” 20 June 2007
• “Americans Willing to Donate Embryos for Research,” 20 June 2007
• “AAAS Urges Support for Embryonic Stem Cell Bill,” 10 April 2007
• “A New Vision for Science Engagement with the Public,” AAAS.org summary of Alan I. Leshner’s essay in The Chronicle of Higher Education. 10 October 2006
• “Balancing Values in the Stem Cell Debate,” Washington Post, letter to the editor, by Alan I. Leshner. 18 July 2006
• “AAAS Urges Comprehensive Effort on Stem Cells,” 14 July 2006
• ““Full Range” of Stem Cell Research Is Needed,” 29 June 2006
• “The Quest for Global Guidelines on Stem Cell Research,” 2 March 2006
• “Stem Cell Experts Assess the Impact of Hwang Fraud on Research, Public Trust,” 18 February 2006
• “ Science Editors’ Statement on Korean Stem Cell Probe,” 29 December 2005
• “Statement by Science Editors on Korean Stem Cell Probe,” 23 December 2005
• “Science Awaiting Details On Request To Retract Stem Cell Paper,” 16 December 2005
• “Reprogramming Adult Stem Cells,” 22 August 2005
• “AAAS Applauds Stem Cell Speech,” 29 July 2005
• “AAAS Urges Support For Embryonic Stem Cell Proposal,” 21 July 2005
• “Stem Cell Measure Defeated in U.S. House,” 17 June 2005
• “AAAS Urges Defeat of U.S. House Stem Cell Measure,” 16 June 2005
• “AAAS Sees ” Opportunity” in Stem Cell Bill,” 20 May 2005
• “Science”“ Reports New Stem Cell Breakthrough,” 19 May 2005
• “Stem Cell Advocate Sees Hopeful Future,” 22 April 2005
• “AAAS Welcomes Washington State Stem Cell Bill,” 28 March 2005
• “30th Annual S&T Forum to Feature Stem Cell Pioneer,” 17 March 2005
• “U.N. Passes Human Cloning Resolution,” 9 March 2005
• “AAAS Writes to U.N. on Human Cloning Resolution,” 8 March 2005
• “AAAS Joins Call Against Therapeutic Cloning Ban,” 14 October 2005
• “New Push for Stem Cell Research,” 23 June 2004
• “Support for Broader Access to Stem Cell Lines,” 28 April 2004
• “AAAS Supports Cloning for Research Purposes,” 3 November 2003
• “Impact of Cloning on Aging Research,” 22 April 2003
• “Concern, Skepticism About Human Cloning Reports,” 2 January 2003
• “Bush Bioethics Advisor To Consider ‘All Views’,” April 2002
• “AAAS Statement on Human Cloning,” March 2002
• “AAAS Urges Assessment of Approved Stem Cell Lines,” January 2002
• “AAAS Urges Immediate Public Release of Sources of Embryonic Stem Cell Lines; Calls for Assessing Adequacy of Existing Cell Lines to Advance Research,” August 2001
• “AAAS urges President Bush to Fund Stem-Cell Research,” March 2001
• “AAAS Holds Congressional Briefing on Stem Cell Research,” April 2000