Information and Videos on Stem Cell Topics

These links and animations can help you learn about current biology topics, including recent developments in treatment of diseases. They are great to use as references for student reports and projects, and please remember to cite them properly. Stay tuned for more topics!

Topics (click to jump to the section):

Alzheimer's Disease
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Angiogenesis
Batten's Disease
Bone Marrow Transplant
Cancer
Chromatin
Crohn's Disease
Clonal Selection Theory
Cloning
Diabetes (Type 1)
Differentiation
DNA replication
DNA structure
Embryonic Development
Embryonic Germ Layers
Extracellular Matrix
Transcription
Transcription Factors
Translation

Alzheimer's Disease

• /Video_Blurton-Jones09
• /Spotlight_Alzheimers_LaFerla

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

• http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/amyotrophiclateralsclerosis/detail_amyotrophiclateralsclerosis.htm
• http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/496732
• Proposed project using stem cells to derive transplants for a therapy:
  http://www.news-medical.net/news/2007/07/31/28190.aspx

Angiogenesis

• http://www.molecularmovies.com/showcase/index.html#angiogenesis
  Follow the link above to the subsection “Angiogenesis/Metastasis” and click on the 'view animation' link for the 1st video titled “Angiogenesis” created by Drew Berry.
• Also view the 2nd animation titled “Angiogenesis” created by Greg Leuenberger/Sabertooth Productions.
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17218399 (abstract)

Batten's Disease

• Spotlight on Batten Disease

Bone Marrow Transplant

• http://www.childrenshospital.org/az/Site2169/mainpageS2169P0.html

Cancer

• http://www.cirm.ca.gov/StemCellBasics_Definitions#5
• http://www.cirm.ca.gov/Videos_Basics_CatrionaJamieson

Chromatin

• View the animation under the subsection “DNA/Chromatin” titled “Chromatin,” created by Drew Berry:
  • http://www.molecularmovies.com/showcase/index.html#dna
  • http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/310/5753/1487

Crohn's Disease

• View the animation titled “Crohn's Disease” created by Gardenia Gonzalez Gil and Living Pixels:
  http://www.livingpixels.net/crohn.html

Clonal Selection Theory

• View the animation titled “Clonal Selection Theory” created by Etsuko Uno:
  http://www.molecularmovies.com/showcase/index.html#disease

Cloning

• http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/cloning.shtml
• http://www.genome.gov/10004765 

Diabetes (Type 1)

• http://cirm.ca.gov/Spotlight_Diabetes_Butler
• http://cirm.ca.gov/Spotlight_Diabetes_Baetge
• View the animation titled “Diabetes (type 1)” created by Etsuko Uno:
  http://www.molecularmovies.com/showcase/index.html#disease 

Differentiation

• View the animation titled “Stem Cell Introduction” created by Arkitek Studios:
  http://www.molecularmovies.com/showcase/index.html#stemcells
• Scroll down to bullet “c” titled “what is known about adult stem cell differentiation”:
  http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics/basics4.asp

DNA replication

• View the animation titled “Replication” created by Drew Berry:
  http://www.molecularmovies.com/showcase/index.html#replication

DNA structure

• View the animation titled “DNA Structure” created by Drew Berry:
  http://www.molecularmovies.com/showcase/index.html#dna

Embryonic Development

• View the animation titled “Embryonic Development” created by Blake Porch and HHMI/Biointeractive.org:
  http://www.molecularmovies.com/showcase/index.html#development

Embryonic Germ Layers

• View the animation titled “Embryonic Germ Layers” created by Blake Porch and HHMI/Biointeractive.org:
  http://www.molecularmovies.com/showcase/index.html#development

Extracellular Matrix

• View the animations titled “Cell Invasions” by Jason Sharpe, Donal Ly, and Charles Lumsden et al, “The Inner Life of the Cell” by XVIVO and Harvard University, and “T-Cell Mobility from Blood to Lymph” by Marc Dryer:
  http://www.molecularmovies.com/showcase/index.html#adhesion

Transcription

• View the animations titled “Introduction to Transcription-part 1” and “Introduction to Transcription – partII” created by Drew Berry:
  http://www.molecularmovies.com/showcase/index.html#transcription

Transcription Factors

• View the animations titled “MECP2 transcription factor,” “p53 transcription factor,” “PPAR Delta transcription factor,” and “PPAR Gamma transcription factor” all created by Eric Keller and Biointeractive.org – HHMI:
  http://www.molecularmovies.com/showcase/index.html#transcription

Translation

• View the animations titled “Ribosome Function” by Said Sannuga, “Signal Recognition Particle” by Eric Keller, Steve Davy, and Stylus Visuals, “Translation” by Drew Berry, “ tRNA-Ribosome Molecular Dynamics Simulation” by K.Y. Sanbomatsu et al., and “tRNA acts as a flexible molecular spring during codon recognition” by Yu Chen:
  http://www.molecularmovies.com/showcase/index.html#translation