Stem Cell Research

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Pope Benedict XVI officially endorsed adult stem-cell research in September 2006. (read more)

The Catholic Church is against embryonic stem cell research because of the life-destroying way the stem cells are gathered. Based on science, embryonic stem cell tests have shown to not only not cure diseases, but subjects have grown cancerous tumors from the experiments.

After spending more than $3 billion on embryonic research, researchers have cured zero diseases. To date, adult stem cells have cured at least 73 different diseases including sickle cell anemia, spinal cord injuries, Parkinson’s and several forms of cancer, leukemia and arthritis.

Click here for a full list of cures from adult stem cells.

Hear them say it for yourself

Adult stem cells cure Dallas boy of sickle cell anemia

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See the stories of a heart attack victim, a leukemia patient and a University of Texas swimmer with a debilitating joint injury who were cured thanks to adult stem cells.

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The National Catholic Bioethics Center put out this great document containing myths surrounding stem cell research and the Catholic Church and scientific explanations on what exactly stem cells are and how they work.

http://www.ncbcenter.org/NetCommunity/Document.Doc?id=80

Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics
http://www.stemcellresearch.org/

Maureen Condic, an Assistant Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy at the University of Utah, is currently conducting research on the regeneration of embryonic and adult neurons following spinal cord injury. Below are links to some articles she has written about stem cell research that are easy to read and non-technical.

The Basics about Stem Cells (First Things, 2003)
Sliding Down the Slope (National Review, 07-20-06)
Life: Defining the Beginning and the End (First Things, May 2003)
What We Know About Embryonic Stem Cells (First Things, January 2007)
Stem Cells and Babies (First Things, August/September 2005)
Whose View of Life? Embryos, Cloning and Stem Cells (First Things, May 2003)
Stem Cells and False Hope (First Things, August/September 2002)

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