1.  Who is Dr. Kathy Mitchell?

2.  List 3 things that Dr. Mitchell, Dr. Faustman and Dr. Kurtzberg have in common.

3.  What is the NIH?  Where does their funding come from?  What was the NIH's budget in 2003? (for answers, go to www.nih.gov)

4.  What is peer review?  What is the problem with peer review? (paragraphs 8-10)

5.  Why have Dr. Mitchell's and Dr. Faustman's contributions to medicine been ignored and delayed? (paragraphs 5-6)

6.  Why hasn't Dr. Faustman used embryonic stem-cells in her research? (paragraphs 14-15)

7.  Write a brief summary of Spencer Barsh's illness and treatment. (found in paragraphs 17-24)

8.  How many projects has the NIH funded involving stem cells from umbilical cords ______ and involving stem cells from embryos _____?

9.  In paragraph 23, "the NIH said ...[umbilical] cord blood transplants work".  Why do you think the NIH doesn't fund more projects involving stem cells from umbilical cords?

10.  How successful has embryonic stem cell research been thus far?  (To read more about stem cell research, click here.)  What do you think about this issue?