So to start off the research I'll be putting up here I'm pretty much starting from the beginning My first area of research detailed in my project plan is the discovery of embryonic stem cells in humans. This is basically my theme in a nutshell so it only makes sense to start at the heart of the issue.
Ok so i looked into a bunch of articles online till i found one that actually told me about who first found embryonic stem cells in humans.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/22/science/22stem.html?_r=0 This article by Gina Kolata talks about Dr. James A. Tompson, the man who in 1998 first extracted stem cells from a human embryo. This took place in his laboratory at the University of Wisconsin. From that point is sparked a whole host of ethical problems, questions and oppositions. I did find out the small fact that may have helped the matter a little if it had been more widely known, the first embryo he extracted these stem cells from was in fact donated by In Vitro Fertilization clinics and was an embryo that was discarded due to some form of structural damage which would have resulted in the embryo never fully developing.
My next area of research is to look into the other types of stem cells there are and how they compare to embryonic stem cells.
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