You can now order a DVD of the four EuroStemCell films - A Stem Cellⁱ Story, Conversations: Ethics, Science, Stem Cells, Cell Cultureⁱ and Dolly and Beyond.  Prices start at £7 for a single copy (incl. delivery) with discounts for orders of multiple copies.

Smile of a Stem Cellⁱ was exhibited this month in Sofia, Bulgaria "en plein air", in front of the National Theatre.  Check out the pictures of the exhibition opening on the ESTOOLS website.

The exhibition moves to Varna on 27 October for the second leg of its Bulgarian showing.

If you're interested in exploring some of the ethical issues surrounding stem cellⁱ research, our 19-minute film, Conversations: ethics, science, stem cells, is a good place to start.  The film, featuring the different points of view of doctors, scientists, ethicists, theologians and a patient, aims to encourage open debate about the ethical issues around stem cell research. It is structured in chapters, each addressing a key ethical question.

The latest addition to the EuroStemCell site - a technical forum for stem cell scientists - is a place where researchers can share problems encountered, and hopefully find solutions, with the help of their peers.

We're starting out with five topics that should get conversation flowing:

The ISSCR (International Society for Stem Cellⁱ Research) Task Force on the Clinical Translation of Stem Cells has released a draft of the Guidelines for the Clinical Translation of Stem Cells for open comment.  The Guidelines "highlight the scientific, clinical, regulatory, ethical, and social issues that should be addressed so that basic stem cell research is responsibly translated into appropriate clinical applications for treating patients."

Man with lost essenceEuroStemCell is delighted to host an online version of ESTOOLS' photographic exhibition, Smile of a Stem Cell. 

The exhibition is made up of 54 photographic art works (in 56 pieces), produced by 22 artists (who are also scientists working in ESTOOLS laboratories, in 7 different countries).

The pictures are stunning images in their own right, but have a real scientific value too, as they originate from ESTOOLS' ongoing research projects. Image creators provided a creative title for each of their pictures, illustrating their artistic vision, and a scientific description, to remind audiences of the origins of the image.

The Bioethics-Clinical Ethics Unit at the University of Marburg in cooperation with the Stem Cell Network North Rhine Westphalia and the Institute of Science and Ethics at the University of Bonn are currently conducting an internet survey on experiences and attitudes of scientists with German citizenship, working in the field of stem cell research in Sweden, UK and the USA.