• Stem Cells
• 34 min
  1. Stem cells: immortality or a healthy old age?

  • Dr. Jim McWhir
• 40 min
  2. Mouse embryonic stem cells

  • Prof. Sir Martin Evans
• Regenerative Medicine (I)
• 26 min
  3. Stem cells and regenerative medicine

  • Prof. Dame Julia Polak
  • Dr. Anne Bishop
• 27 min
  4. Tissue engineering: the science, the technology and the industry

  • Prof. Robert Nerem
• 41 min
  5. Clinical potential of stem cells

  • Prof. John Martin
• 11 min
  6. Genes and cells therapy

  • Prof. Nagy Habib
• Regenerative Medicine (II)
• 39 min
  7. Stem cell therapy for the treatment of heart failure

  • Dr. James Willerson
• 35 min
  8. Vascular tissue engineering

  • Prof. Robert Nerem
• 43 min
  9. Stem cell biology and neurodegenerative diseases

  • Dr. Ronald McKay
• 17 min
  10. Cartilage stem cells: tools for joint repair?

  • Prof. Charles Archer
• Biotechnology
• 46 min
  11. Stem cell bioprocessing

  • Dr. Sakis Mantalaris
• 68 min
  12. Nanotechnology for tissue engineering

  • Prof. Thomas J. Webster
• 37 min
  13. Materials for tissue engineering

  • Dr. Molly Stevens
  • Mr. Julian George
• Commercialization
• 36 min
  14. Commercialisation of stem cells

  • Dr. Gareth Roberts
• Ethical and Regulatory Considerations
• 44 min
  15. Stem cell ethics

  • Prof. Dame Anne McLaren
• 23 min
  16. The human fertilisation and embryology authority

  • Dame Suzi Leather
• Archived Lectures *These may not cover the latest advances in the field
• 40 min
  17. Bioethics & politics of human embryonic stem cell science in the EU's 6th framework programme

  • Prof. Brian Salter

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1. Introduction
2. What is a stem cell
3. Sources of stem cells
4. Adult stem cells
5. Embryonic stem cells
6. Why are stem cells so important?
7. Cell and tissue therapy
8. Ethical concerns - personal ethics
9. Ethical concerns - research ethics
10. The first two weeks of human development
11. Views on moral status of the human embryo
12. Where are human ESCs research prohibited?
13. Where are human ESCs research permitted?
14. Options for spare embryos (fresh or frozen)
15. Making embryos for research
16. Human fertilisation and embryology act
17. Countries allowing embryo research
18. What is an embryo
19. Making embryos for research
20. Possible sources of oocytes
21. No. of eggs recovered varies with hormone dose
22. In vitro maturation of immature or primary oocytes
23. Oogenesis
24. Animal oocytes and oocytes derived from ESC
25. Making PGC from embryonic stem cells
26. Somatic cell nuclear transfer (cloning technology)
27. Stem cell therapy: graft compatibility
28. Cloning for stem cells
29. Graft compatibility - other approaches
30. Ethical concerns
31. Social ethics
32. Reproductive cloning
33. Conclusions

Topics Covered

• Stem cell biology
• Therapeutic possibilities
• Ethical concerns
• Personal ethics
• Research ethics
• Moral status of human embryo
• "Spare" embryos
• Research embryos
• Nuclear transfer embryos
• Legal situation in different countries
• Social ethics

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• Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

Categories:

• Cell Biology
• Clinical Practice
• Pharmaceutical Sciences

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Publication History

• Published on October 1, 2007

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Dame Anne McLaren has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.