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Frost & Sullivan This link opens in a new window
Market research on technology industries. Search for "stem cell." Example: US Stem Cell Therapeutics Market 2012

IBISWorld Industry Reports
Market reports on all industries. Example: Human Stem Cell Banks
World Stem Cell Report 2012
from annual industry summit conference - download is free if you register. (Let me know if you can't retrieve it - I'll send it to you.) Particularly see "Industry, Commercialization, and Collaboration" pages.

Genetics & Public Policy Center/Johns Hopkins
2006 survey on stem cell research attitudes.
Pew Research Center
Nonpartisan nonprofit survey research organization. (Search box in upper right.)
Gallup
Ubiquitous polling organization.

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Google Scholar
academic articles on any subject. If the content is included any of our subscriptions (and sometimes if it isn't) you can get the full text right here. Hint: try all the clickable phrases in a citation before you give up. Examples: Stem-cell research: the state of the art; Great Expectations: Private Sector Activity in Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, and Stem Cell Therapeutics

ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
Articles from scholarly, news, and trade sources on business conditions and trends. Example: Report says Missouri could lose billions if stem cell research initiative fails
EconLit This link opens in a new window
source for economics research from journals, books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and working papers. Example: Growing Stem Cells: The Impact of Federal Funding Policy on the U.S. Scientific Frontier

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NIH Stem Cell Information
The National Institutes of Health resource - covers science, policy, funding, people - especially see related resources.
CRS Report on Stem Cell Research
A concise overview produced for Congress by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. (Here are others.)
Congressional Quarterly
Articles covering developments in the US Congress, i.e."Stem cell backers heartened, wary

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