We've set up a petition to let the medical establishment know about the reality of living without a thyroid and the urgent need for investment in thyroid transplant research.

You can find it here.

We've found this great blog which keeps track of developments in stem cells and discusses them in a really clear way.

We really like this article which explains the recent work about thyroid cells being developed from stem cells.

News about Kidneys from Stem Cells

We found this and thought you might be interested. It gives some idea of the challenges that scientists face when trying to make stem cells grow into organs, rather than just a bunch of cells, and how they are progressing with that. News of this kind of progress gives us even more hope.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8443740/Scientists-create-human-kidneys-from-stem-cells.html

We've been really busy working behind the scenes, writing constitution, arranging insurance and trying to recruit volunteers. Once we're on top of all this boring stuff we're planning on writing letters to some of the scientist and surgeons working in this field and trying to attract the attention of the media

Watch this space....