RJA#3a: Research Topic Exploration

While first exploring my topic I wanted to choose a subject that I thought would have a good deal of research information to draw from. My initial exploration led to me read a few articles, one specifically from the July 2005 National Geographic entitled, “How Far Will We Go?” This article was very informative concerning the science of stem cell research as well as the treatments. I have attached the link for this and one other site that also had some very good basic information concerning stem cell research below.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0507/feature1/assignment2.html
http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/health.asp

I have spent time browsing articles written in several medical journals, specifically The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA(The Journal of the American Medical Association) and the British Medical Journal and bookmarked these sites.

http://jama.ama-assn.org/
http://search.nejm.org/search?w=Stem+Cell+Treatments&search=SEARCH
http://group.bmj.com/group/media/press-release-archive-files/BMJ/bmj-2005/BMJ-20May-2005-3.pdf

I also felt like University Medical Centers would have information to offer as well, I have bookmarked several university sites especially those referred to in other articles that I read, I bookmarked UCI Medical Research Center, Wake Forest Regenerative Medical Institute and the University of Miami School of Medicine. I have listed some of these sites below:

www.med.miami.edu
www.stemcell.uci.edu
http://www.wfubmc.edu/Research/WFIRM/What-s-New-at-the-Institute.htm

I also found several recent video interviews of people who had had stem cell treatments done to themselves or to their children in medical facilities in China. I thought these were very interesting especially since they were so positive about the treatments they had received. I want to continue to do more exploring about what types of treatments are being done in Asia as these countries seem to be at the cutting edge of stem cell research and I have bookmarked several sites to search in my delicious account.

http://vimeo.com/8164620
http://vimeo.com/8118026
http://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/pdf/10.2217/rme.09.78?cookieSet=1
http://www.stemcellspuhua.com/

Most of the information I did research through and bookmark regarding stem cell research was very good. I found many reputable sites and articles to direct to the areas I would like to focus on with my research.