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Obama Admin Suggests More Embryonic Stem Cell Funding Washington, DC -- Taking advantage of an appeals court ruling striking down an injunction against his forcing Americans to pay for embryonic stem cell research, the Obama administration is looking at more funding. http://LifeNews.com/bio-3232

Direct Conversion May Make Embryonic Stem Cell Research Obsolete New York, NY -- Scientists made a major step towards making embryonic stem cell research obsolete when they used direct reprogramming to convert adult stem cells to an embryonic-like state. Now direct conversion is moving the ball forward. The process of direct conversion involves changing one kind of specialized stem cell into another kind -- and it eliminates the need for controversial embryonic stem cells, which some scientists promote because they can change into most any kind of cells. http://LifeNews.com/bio-3220

Obama Admin Okays Second Trial of Embryonic-Like Stem Cells in Humans Washington, DC -- The Obama administration today approved the second trial involving the use of human embryonic stem cells on patients despite significant problems in animal studies. http://LifeNews.com/bio-3216

Media Misreporting: Embryonic Stem Cells Not Involved in Geron's New Testing by David Prentice In its usual style, Geron has put out a press release that it has injected the first patient for its trial of embryonic stem cells for spinal cord injury. Of course their main goal is to increase their stock price and cash flow from investment. Not about science, not about helping patients. After all, this is just an announcement that the patient has been injected with millions of cells. No results, no peer-reviewed publication, nada. Contrary to what most of the news stories report, Geron is...

New Poll Finds Americans Continue to Oppose Tax Funding Embryonic Stem Cell Research Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- As Congress considers potential legislation that would repeal the law a federal judge has cited as standing in the way of the executive order President Barack Obama issued to force taxpayers to finance embryonic stem cell research, a new poll shows Americans don't want their tax dollars used to fund it. http://www.lifenews.com/bio3180.html

Obama Admin Scurries to Fund Embryo Destruction After Court Ruling Washington, DC -- An appeals court has overturned the temporary injunction a federal judge put in place stopping the Obama administration's taxpayer funding of embryonic stem cell research. With perhaps just days before the judge potentially issues a permanent injunction, Obama officials are scurrying to fund more research. http://LifeNews.com/bio3172.html

Appeals Court Allows Obama to Fund Embryonic Stem Cell Research During Suit Washington, DC -- A federal appeals court overturned the decision of a federal judge to keep an injunction in place disallowing the Obama administration to pay for embryonic stem cell research with taxpayer dollars while a lawsuit against the executive order President Barack Obama issued proceeds. http://LifeNews.com/bio3169.html

Judge Won't Let Obama Fund Embryonic Stem Cell Research During Lawsuit Washington, DC -- A federal judge has denied a request by the Obama administration to allow it to force taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research while it defends President Barack Obama's executive order from a lawsuit alleging it violates federal law. http://LifeNews.com/bio3166.html

NIH Tells Some Embryonic Stem Cell Researchers to Ignore Judge's Ruling Washington, DC -- A federal judge has struck down the executive order President Barack Obama issued forcing taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research. The Obama administration has appealed the decision, but the National Institutes of Health has issued new guidelines that have pro-life advocates concerned. http://LifeNews.com/bio3159.html

Obama Appeals Ruling Stopping Tax-Funded Embryonic Stem Cell Research Washington, DC -- The Obama administration officially filed its appeal today of a federal judge's decision striking down President Barack Obama's executive order forcing taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research. The judge said the order contravened a federal law against funding the destruction of human embryos. http://lifenews.com/bio3157.html

Poll: 57% of Americans Oppose Tax Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research Washington, DC -- On the week in which a federal judge ruled that President Barack Obama's executive order forcing Americans to pay for embryonic stem cell research with taxpayer funds violates a federal law, a new poll shows a majority of Americans opposed tax-funding the controversial and unproven research. http://LifeNews.com/bio3152.html

Democrat Pushes Bill to Fund Embryonic Stem Cell Research After Ruling Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A member of Congress who has been the leading advocate for forcing taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research says she plans to move ahead with legislation that would make such funding federal law. Representative Diana DeGette, a Colorado Democrat, is responding to a judge's decision issuing a temporary injunction against the funding President Barack Obama mandated through his executive order. http://LifeNews.com/bio3149.html

[Complete Title] Virginia Attorney General Offers Legal Opinion That Could Expand State Oversight of Abortion Clinics Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli issued a legal opinion Monday that could pave the way for greater restrictions on the state's abortion clinics. ... "The state has long regulated outpatient surgical facilities and personnel to ensure a certain level of protection for patients. There is no reason to hold facilities providing abortion services to any lesser standard for their patients. Even pharmacies, funeral homes, and veterinary clinics are regulated by the state," [Brian Gottstein said. Brian Gottstein is the spokesman for Attorney General Ken...

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Obama administration Monday from using federal dollars to fund expanded human embryonic stem cell research, saying the research involves the destruction of embryos. The ruling comes after the National Institutes of Health last year issued new guidelines permitting federal funding for research on certain stem cell lines that had already been created. ... U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that despite attempts to separate the derivation of human embryonic stem cells from the research process, "the two cannot be separated" because culling those stem cells destroys an embryo. ...

A U.S. district judge granted a preliminary injunction Monday to stop federal funding of embryonic stem cell research that he said destroys embryos, ruling it went against the will of Congress. The ruling by Judge Royce C. Lamberth was a blow to the Obama administration, which last year issued guidelines to allow federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. Lamberth's ruling said all embryonic stem cell research involves destroying embryos, which violates the Dickey-Wicker Amendment included in federal spending bills. "The Dickey-Wicker Amendment unambiguously prohibits the use of federal funds for all research in which a human embryo is destroyed,"...

In a defeat for embryonic stem cell research proponents, New Jersey voters rejected a ballot measure Tuesday that would have forced taxpayers to spend $450 million on the destructive research. Pro-life groups campaigned against the proposal because it would also have funded human cloning experiments. Residents of the northeastern state defeated Public Question # 2 with 53 percent of the vote coming in against it. Marie Tasy, the head of New Jersey Right to Life, told LifeNews.com the result is a major defeat for Governor Jon Corzine, who personally campaigned for this Question and contributed $200,000 to a shadow group...

WASHINGTON — A U.S. district court issued a preliminary injunction Monday stopping federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research in a slap to the Obama administration's new guidelines on the sensitive issue. The court ruled in favor of a suit filed in June by researchers who said human embryonic stem cell research involves the destruction of human embryos. Judge Royce Lamberth granted the injunction after finding that the lawsuit would likely succeed because the guidelines violated law banning the use of federal funds to destroy human embryos. "(Embryonic stem cell) research is clearly research in which an embryo is...

Judge Forces Obama Admin to Stop Funding Embryonic Stem Cell Research Washington, DC -- A federal judge on Monday issued a decision forcing the Obama administration to stop funding embryonic stem cell research with taxpayer funds. The judge ruled the executive order Obama issued allowing such funding contravened a federal law prohibiting taxpayer funding of the destruction of human embryos. http://LifeNews.com/bio3145.html

Obama Admin Proposes Expanding Embryonic Stem Cell Research by David Prentice This expands the unethical use of human embryos, and creates additional incentives to cannibalize more embryos. Stating that the guidelines are "ethical" simply puts a veneer on unethical practices; they are simply providing a recipe for human embryo destruction so that taxpayers funds can be used to reward the scientists. http://www.LifeNews.com/bio3060.html

Obama Forces Americans to Pay for More Embryonic Stem Cell Research Washington, DC -- The Obama administration on Monday forced Americans to pay for another round of embryonic stem cell research involving the destruction of human life. National Institutes of Health chief Francis Collins approved taxpayer funding of 27 more lines of embryonic stem cells. http://www.LifeNews.com/bio3021.html

Obama Admin OKs First Taxpayer-Funded Embryonic Stem Cell Research Washington, DC -- The Obama administration today authorized the first study using embryonic stem cells paid for at taxpayer expense. Earlier this year, President Barack Obama issued an executive order overturning President Bush's limits preventing taxpayers from being forced to pay for the destruction of human life. http://www.LifeNews.com/bio3015.html

Pro-Life Lawsuit Filed to Stop Obama's Funding Embryonic Stem Cell Research Washington, DC -- A pro-life legal group has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the controversial guidelines the National Institutes of Health used to implement President Barack Obama's decision to force taxpayers to finance embryonic stem cell research. http://www.LifeNews.com/bio2930.html

Guidelines for federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research offer incentives for experiments that end human life and have not successfully treated disease. The Obama administration's final guidelines for federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research do more than remove a small protection for living human embryos. They actually encourage scientists to destroy preborn human life, courtesy of $10 billion in federal stimulus money designated for biomedical research, including embryonic stem-cell trials. "The regulations virtually guarantee that many more living human embryos will be destroyed for research," said Carrie Gordon Earll, senior bioethics analyst for Focus on the Family. "This policy also...

Stem Cells from Blood Render Embryonic Sources Obsolete by Brian Thomas, M.S.* On the heels of President Barack Obama’s March 9 order to use public monies to support embryonic stem cell research,[1] another source of stem cells has become available—blood. Blood would be an ideal supplier for stem cells because it is a renewable tissue and harvesting blood components does not end life. These reengineered cells would also be patient-specific and avoid immune system difficulties, unlike embryonic sources which are derived from another person entirely. A recent study discovered a way in which blood could generate stem cells.[2] The researchers...

April 7, 2009 — Adult stem cells are continuing to promise revolutionary therapies, while embryonic stem cells remain a political football even after Obama’s loosening of restrictions.  Some stories seem to suppress the word “embryonic” and just talk about “stem cells,” but there is a big difference in the ethics of one over the other.  Embryonic stem cells require harvesting a human embryo. Adult Stem Cell News Diabetes:  Sufferers of peripheral artery disease, common among diabetics, may have hope using stem cells from their own bone marrow.  PhysOrg reported that researchers at the University of Western Ontario isolated three types...

It's been an unusual few weeks where LDS beliefs on a variety of topics have emerged in the news. These include the value of missionary work on young men's maturity, service, fasting, happiness and stem cell research. Perhaps this is good news... There have been a number of recent stories about where different religions stand on stem cell research. Mormons, particularly, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, have been the focus of news stories about how religious beliefs define the issue. This comes as members of the Georgia legislature are considering a measure that would define "a living in vitro human embryo...

Here is video of President Barack Obama today announcing the signing of an Executive Order that lifts the ban on Federal Funding for Embryonic Stem Cell Research, which President George W. Bush had put in place during his Presidency. This move is no surprise, because Obama has never presented himself as a champion for Life. Americans averted their eyes from the truth about Obama when they voted for him, instead salving their consciences with the belief they needed to fix the economy with someone new and fresh. As we are finding, in Obama we now have a President who is...

EXCLUSIVE: NANCY REAGAN FOR MCCAIN, TOP SOURCE TELLS DRUDGE: 'SHE ADORES HIM, AND IS FULLY SUPPORTING HIM IN HER PRIVATE LIFE. SHE WILL NOT PUBLICLY ENDORSE'...

Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday announced his endorsement of presidential candidate John McCain. Perry said he is backing McCain, because he is the candidate who would do the most for and win the war on terror. He said having Hillary Clinton as a president would mean the country would be "going to hell in a hand basket."

McCain Continues to Support Embryo Destroying Research Embarrassing Brownback WASHINGTON, D.C., January 25, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Pro-life GOP presidential contenders Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee both took part in leading pro-life rallies in Washington and Atlanta protesting 35 years of abortion since the infamous 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and called for legislation protecting life from the moment of conception. Republican frontrunner John McCain, however, reiterated his support for embryo destroying stem-cell research even as his Senate colleague Sam Brownback reaffirmed his endorsement of McCain at the National March for Life. "The debate about when life begins should not be...

Plans for an embryonic stem-cell bank at the University of Massachusetts Medical School for researchers around the globe took a major step forward last week when the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center authorized more than $8 million for the bank and an associated registry. It is a significant step in Central Massachusetts’ evolution as a major center of biotechnology and biomedical research. Interim chancellor Michael F. Collins said the bank should be operating within eight to 12 months, the registry even sooner than that. That is in keeping with the fast pace at which Gov. Deval L. Patrick’s life sciences and...

by Steven ErteltLifeNews.com EditorOctober 8, 2007Stockholm, Sweden (LifeNews.com) -- Three researchers who work with controversial embryonic stem cells shared the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their role in looking at mouse genes and using their studies to determine the human genes that cause diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Pro-life advocates oppose embryonic stem cell research on human beings because days-old unborn children must be killed to obtain their cells. They support the use of animal and adult stem cells.Americans Mario Capecchi and Oliver Smithies and British scientist Sir Martin Evans split the prestigious award and its prize of...

by Steven ErteltLifeNews.com EditorOctober 4, 2007Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Thursday that one of her first actions if she wins the 2008 election will be reversing President Bush's protections on embryonic stem cell research. Bush has twice vetoed bills that would force taxpayers to fund the research, which requires the destruction of human life.Bush also put in place a policy in August 2001 that prevents federal funding of any new embryonic stem cell research and, instead, concentrates most federal money in the area of adult stem cells.Those are the cells that have shown the most...

by Steven ErteltLifeNews.com EditorSeptember 6, 2007Concord, NH (LifeNews.com) -- The latest Republican presidential debate featured few fireworks on pro-life issues such as abortion or embryonic stem cell research. During Wednesday night's debate, Mitt Romney was asked about his strategy to end abortion and Mike Huckabee called for a human life amendment to the constitution.Romney has come under criticism from other candidates for favoring a two-step approach to ending abortion -- one that is the traditional approach backed by most pro-life groups.He has said he prefers to see the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade and allow states the opportunity again...

Embryonic Stem-Cell Breakthrough Overhyped A recent announcement by biotechnology company Geron that it has repaired heart-attack damage in rats with human embryonic stem cells may have given its stock a big boost, but some people aren’t buying it. Aside from the obvious ethical issue of destroying human life to improve the health of rodents, some are calling the announcement intentionally misleading. More than two dozen studies in professional publications, some as long as four years ago, have demonstrated the promise of adult stem cells – which do not involve the destruction of a human life – in treating heart disease....

by Steven ErteltLifeNews.com EditorAugust 31, 2007Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Rudy Giuliani may be the only pro-abortion candidate on the Republican side of the presidential contest, but that doesn't mean he has the support of the nation's most prominent abortion business. A Planned Parenthood official says she doesn't necessary support the former New York City mayor.Giuliani's pro-abortion position is a stark contrast to the rest of the Republican field, which may be split on embryonic stem cell research but pretty solidly opposes abortion.Sarah Stoesz, President of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, told the pro-abortion Reality Check web site that she is...

by Steven ErteltLifeNews.com EditorAugust 29, 2007Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday signed a bill that would force taxpayers there to spend money on embryonic stem cell research. His signing the measure is the latest action going against the views of pro-life advocates on whether unborn children should be sacrificed to advance scientific research.The measure would set up an institute under the Illinois Department of Public Health to award grants for the research, which has never helped any patients.It also makes embryonic stem cell research legal and establishes procedures for couples to donate their "unwanted" human embryos for...

HARTFORD, CT, August 29, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Fortune 100 company Aetna, one of the nation's largest health care insurance providers, has a surprising and little known policy. "Aetna will pay for a woman to receive an abortion for any reason at any time during her pregnancy.  Whether she is 6 weeks pregnant or 6 months pregnant, whether it is her first or her tenth abortion, the company imposes no restrictions whatsoever," according to Epiphany Funds a company which was invested with Aetna and is now aiming to have Aetna change its policy. See the Aetna policy on abortion here:http://www.aetna.com/fsa/understanding/health/healthcareexpe......

by Steven ErteltLifeNews.com EditorAugust 28, 2007Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is getting heat from a pro-life organization because it backs embryonic stem cell research that requires the destruction of human life. The crux of the debate between the groups revolves around a letter LLS signed in favor of a bill to require taxpayer funding of the research.After learning that the Planned Parenthood watchdog group Life Decisions International had LLS to a group of charities pro-life advocates should boycott, a pro-life advocate wrote the organization.LLS spokesman Doug Lubbers wrote to the pro-life person, saying "This is a...

Canadian Diabetes Association Supports Embryonic Stem Cell Research By John-Henry Westen TORONTO, August 23, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - An official response from the Canadian Diabetes Association indicates the funding organization is in complete support of using human embryos in destructive research. The Canadian Diabetes Association is the country's foremost organization disseminating information to Canadians on the disease. Its mission is to "promote the health of Canadians through diabetes research, education, service and advocacy." The Association distributes government funding to researchers A reply to a query by LifeSiteNews.com elicited an emailed response from "Susan" at the Canadian Diabetes Association Contact Centre who...

California Company: We'll Turn Your Child's Sibling Embryos Into Extra Body Parts No evidence to support claims that stem cells from these embryos can offer any treatment By Hilary White A California-based biotechnology company, StemLifeLine, is making a special offer to parents of children conceived through in vitro fertilisation techniques: "We'll turn your spare embryos into embryonic stem cell lines tailored to your child's potential future medical needs." StemCellLifeLine's website calls it "a novel service for individuals who have undergone in vitro fertilization, fulfilled their childbearing needs and now have to decide what to do with their remaining stored embryos....

Michigan Governor Sued For Discrimination Against Citizens Who Oppose Embryonic Research ANN ARBOR, MI, August 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, announced this week that it has filed a federal lawsuit against Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm for discrimination against citizens who oppose embryonic stem research. The Governor currently allows private citizens to use the Office of the Governor website to submit a petition posted on the website addressed to Michigan's legislature leaders to lift Michigan's legal restrictions on stem cell research. The lawsuit was brought on...

ADULT STEM CELL NEWS Stem cell procedure successfully treats amyloidosis patients See here : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-07/bu-scp070307.php A debilitating condition known as amyloidosis, which results in organ failure and death from misfolded proteins, has been successfully treated in 31% of test cases at Boston University Medical Center by blood stem cells and chemotherapy, reported EurekAlert. The patients showed improvement in both organ function and quality of life, the article said. 2) A new method of adult stem cell growth efficacious in treatment of disorders of the cornea See here : http://www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?Berri_Kod=1404&hizk=I Experiments on rabbits by Basque Research showed that adult stem cells...

Gay-Friendly "Diversity Training" to be Mandatory in Spanish Schools Such programs can be expected to be put in place all over world as part of movement to deconstruct the family By Hilary White MADRID, July 25, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The socialist government of Spain, while facing increasing domestic skepticism for its social re-engineering policies, has declared that "diversity" education will become a compulsory part of the schools curriculum starting in the new academic year. The new Education to Citizenship subject, set by the Ministry of Education, will include training in acceptance of the new realities of "gay marriage. The curriculum...

BERLIN, July 18, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The National Ethics Council, the body charged with advising the German government on medical ethics, narrowly recommended that the law banning embryonic stem-cell research be gutted of its most important protections on Monday. The recommendation sets the stage for the Parliament to consider revising the law later this autumn. In a narrow 14 - 10 vote, the NEC voted in favour of abolishing the law's cut-off date that prohibits German scientists from working on any stem-cell lines derived from human embryos killed after January 1, 2002. The 2002 law was passed in an effort...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- With President Bush having vetoed a second bill that would force taxpayers to finance embryonic stem cell research and the possibility that it can't override the veto, senators who back the grisly science put funding language in a federal government appropriations bill. Senators Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat, and Arlen Specter, a Pennsylvania Republican, inserted the language into the bill that funds the health, labor and education departments. The Senate Appropriations Committee ultimately approved the legislation on a 26-3 vote and it next moves to the Senate floor where pro-life groups may call on lawmakers to...

Seoul, South Korea (LifeNews.com) -- Now that considerable time has passed since Hwang Woo-suk was front page headlines across the world he is picking up his efforts to revive his reputation. Never mind that Hwang published fake scientific studies, pressured women for their eggs for research, bought off local media and may have embezzled millions. Just one day after President Bush vetoed a bill that would have forced taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research, the Associated Press released an article featuring several interviews with Hwang's associates. The embattled researcher can no longer conduct embryonic stem cell research in his...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- For the second time, President Bush has vetoed a bill that would force Americans to pay for research that involves the destruction of human life. Because days-old unborn children are killed for their cells for science, the president said the bill crosses a moral line that he can't support. "If this legislation became law, it would compel American taxpayers -- for the first time in our history -- to support the deliberate destruction of human embryos," the White House said in a statement highlighting the veto. "The president has made it clear to Congress and the...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The next president could very well have a different take on taxpayer funding of embryonic stem cell research compared to President Bush. Reacting to the veto of a funding bill, Democrats universally bashed the president while Republicans had a mixed response. Republican presidential candidates are split on the issue which has caused considerable concern for the pro-life community. Sen. John McCain of Arizona and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, two of the top candidates, both support funding and would have signed the bill. At the Republican debate on May 3, Giuliani said he supports expanding...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Pro-life groups universally applauded President Bush and his veto of a bill that would require the American public to spend their hard earned dollars promoting a type of scientific research that has never helped a single person. They agreed with the president that embryonic stem cell research is unethical. “The test of presidential courage and leadership comes in the waning days of the administration,” Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser said in response to the veto.“President Bush was forceful in his defense of the tiniest human beings at the beginning of his administration, he is...