Stem Cell Transplants
National Marrow Donor Program
http://www.marrow.org
National Cancer Institute
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/understandingcancer/StemCells
American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/eto_1_3_Bone_Marrow.asp
National Institutes for Health: Stem Cell Information
http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/scireport/chapter5.asp
Organ Transplants
United Network for Organ Sharing
www.unos.org
Web MD: Living with an Organ Transplant
www.webmd.com/
How Stuff Works: Organ Transplantation
www.health.howstuffworks.com
Composite Tissue Transplants
American Society of Reconstructive Transplantation
www.a-s-r-t.com
National Center for Biotechnology Information – PubMed
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
FDA Consumer Magazine: Keeping Human Tissue Transplants Safe
/www.fda.gov/fdac/features
Autoimmune Diseases
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
www.NIAMS.nih.gov
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
www.healthfinder.gov
American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association
www.aarda.org
Society for Women’s Health Research
www.womenshealthresearch.org
American College of Rheumatology
www.rheumatology.org
Medline Plus
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/autoimmunediseases.html
Sickle Cell Disease
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/
Medline Plus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc.
http://www.sicklecelldisease.org/
American Sickle Cell Anemia Association
http://www.ascaa.org
Thalassemia
Cooley’s Anemia Foundation
http://www.cooleysanemia.org
Journal of the American Society of Hematology
http://www.bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org
Rare Childhood Disorders
National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
http://www.rarediseases.org
NIH / Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD)
http://www.rarediseases.info.nih.gov/GARD
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIH)
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/primary_immuno.cfm
Immune Deficiency Foundation (IDF)
http://primaryimmune.org
Primary Immunodeficiency Resource Center
http://www.info4pi.org
GeneReviews
http://www.ncbi.nim.nih.gov
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
http://www.scid.net
ISMRD: The International Advocate for Glycoprotein Storage Diseases
http://www.mannosidosis.org/index.htm
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/leukodystrophy/leukodystrophy.htm
United Leukodystrophy Foundation
http://www.ulf.org
National Tay-Sachs and Allied Diseases Association
http://www.ntsad.org
National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation, Inc.
http://www.nnpdf.org
Hide and Seek Foundation for Lysosomal Storage Disease Research
http://www.hideandseek.org