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Scientists Vote to Allow Growing Babies in the Womb for 40 Days to Kill Them for ResearchAn international group of scientists has ditched ethical guidelines in or to allow them to pursue grisly experiments that would grow unborn babies in the womb for 40 days for the sole purpose of killing them for dubious research.Yesterday, the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), an international non-profit and professional organization of stem cell scientists, issued new guidelines governing research with ethical implications. The guidelines lift restrictions on certain types of unethical research that manipulate, alter, or destroy human embryos. Some examples...

The new vaccine has a small piece of COVID-19 genetic material (messenger RNA) that 'instructs' cells in the human body 'to make the virus’s distinctive "spike" protein.' WASHINGTON, D.C., December 19, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — The Unites States Food and Drug Administration has authorized the emergency use of a second COVID-19 vaccine. The FDA granted an emergency use authorization (EUA) to Moderna, a Massachusetts-based biotechnology company, yesterday. Like the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine approved for use on December 10, the Moderna vaccine uses messenger RNA. The EUA comes as civil liberties advocates around the world raise concern over the possibility of “COVID passports”...

The article says that the stem cell debate which claims those in favor are enlightened and those opposed benighted is a triumph of propaganda over journalism. It cites many medical researchers who are oppposed. http://www.thebulletin.us/articles/2009/03/12/top_stories/doc49b8ed8396a14904658428.txt

The Vatican made headlines this month with its release of Dignitatis Personae (Latin for "The Dignity of the Person"), which updated Catholic teachings on bioethics and reaffirmed opposition to the cloning, killing and manipulating of human embryos. Critics have blasted the document as proof of the church's inexplicable fixation on embryos. They ask: Why devote such energy to defending the rights of a microscopic dot? Why throw up roadblocks to the Brave New World of biotech advances — including the detection and destruction of genetically flawed embryos in pursuit of so-called designer babies — to save infinitesimal entities no one...

Transplanting brain cells produced from human embryonic stem cells helped fix stroke damage in the brains of rats, according to scientists who hope to test the same thing in people within about five years. Researchers have been looking for ways to repair the brain damage from a stroke, which can cause permanent disability. In a study published on Tuesday, researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine in California reported that treatment involving human embryonic stem cells may be a solution. The transplanted cells helped repair the stroke damage and enabled the rats to recover lost function in front legs weakened...

Tony Blair received a tough dressing down from Pope Benedict XVI during his audience with the pontiff yesterday, not only over the war in Iraq but also over legislation passed during Mr Blair's ten years in power on abortion, gay adoption and stem cell research. Some newspapers at the end of last week carried reports predicting that Mr Blair would convert to Roman Catholicism after leaving office and that the Pope would give the conversion his blessing during their farewell meeting at the Vatican on Saturday. However the Vatican said after the meeting that the pontiff and Mr Blair had...

Kansas City, MO (LifeNews.com) -- When the Supreme Court handed down the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, many political observers believed the decision spelled the beginning of the end of the movement to offer legal protection to unborn children. But leaders of the National Right to Life Committee told attendees on Thursday that the pro-life movement is alive and well 35 years later. Dr. Wanda Franz, a former professor of clinical psychology at West Virginia University and the president of NRLC, welcomed more than 1,100 pro-life activists to the Midwestern city. "It is wonderful to return to the Heartland...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- President Bush is defending his pro-life record on abortion, abstinence and other issues in two key speeches this week. He touted his record on Wednesday at a speech before leaders of the Southern Baptist Church and will appear in a video presentation at the annual National Right to Life convention later this week. Bush told the Baptists that he understood the “of fair-minded and impartial judges to our democracy” and received significant applause from those in attendance when he mentioned his nominations of John Roberts and Sam Alito to the Supreme Court. The two justices recently...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Now that the House has approved the bill that forces taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research that involves the destruction of human life, the bill heads to President Bush. The president has vowed to veto it and pro-life members of Congress have pledged to uphold his veto. Last week, the president issued a statement following the House vote indicating he will assuredly veto the legislation. "If this bill were to become law, American taxpayers would for the first time in our history be compelled to support the deliberate destruction of human embryos. Crossing that line...

Frozen human embryos have recently become the focus of considerable media attention. Frozen embryos are a potential source of embryonic stem cells, which can replicate themselves and develop into specialized cells (e.g., blood cells or nerve cells). Researchers believe that such cells might be capable of growing replacement tissues that could be used to treat people suffering from a number of diseases, including cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and diabetes. Among the most contentious issues in the stem cell debate are whether frozen embryos should be used to produce stem cells for research purposes and whether it is appropriate to use federal...

We thank Professor Silver for his response . On the basis of this exchange, we are confident that readers will be able to judge whether Professor Silver’s claim that human embryos are something other than what we say they are, namely, human beings in the earliest stage of their natural development, can withstand scrutiny in light of the findings of modern embryological science. Are Human Embryos Human Beings? Silver claims that while many people believe that human embryos are human beings, what sets us apart is that we contend that this is a matter of scientific fact, rather than a...

In what scientists say is a stunning leap forward, a team of South Korean researchers has developed a highly efficient recipe for producing human embryos by cloning and then extracting their stem cells. Writing today in the journal Science, they report that they used their method to produce 11 human stem cells lines that are genetic matches of patients aged 2 to 56. Previously, the same group, led by Dr. Woo Suk Hwang and Dr. Shin Yong Moon of Seoul National University, produced a single stem cell line from a cloned embryo, but the process was so onerous that scientists...

New York Lawmakers Want $1 Billion for Embryonic Stem Cell Research Albany, NY (LifeNews.com) -- New York lawmakers want the state to spend as much as $1 billion over the next ten years on stem cell research to keep up with California, where voters recently approved using $6 billion in taxpayer funds for embryonic research and human cloning. "If the state of New York does not recognize the competitive need, our research scientists are all going to change their tune from 'I Love New York' to 'California, Here I Come,' " Deputy Minority Leader Eric Schneiderman (D- Bronx) told a...

Connecticut Governor Makes Stem Cell Research Funding Idea Official Hartford, CT (LifeNews.com) -- Governor Jodi Rell made her proposal to spend millions on embryonic stem cell research official on Friday. She says she wants to spend $20 million of the $316 million surplus on the controversial research that involves the destruction of human life. Rell announced that the state budget she will submit to legislators will call on creating a special fund with the money to be used to draw in other investments for stem cell research in the state. "We can spur research at our universities and create strong...

Texas Governor Opposes Embryonic Stem Cell Research at Pro-Life Rally Austin, TX (LifeNews.com) -- Texas Governor Rick Perry, a Republican, indicated at a pro-life rally on Saturday that he strongly opposes embryonic stem cell research - a stance that puts him at odds with Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. "There are voices among us who are calling for the state to fund embryonic stem cell research. That's a process that requires the destruction of human life," Perry said. "As long as I am the governor of this great state, I will oppose any taxpayer dollars being used and spent on research...

...Mr. Reeve's rich legacy, however, is in danger of becoming one-dimensional. It's true that he was a political figure, championing stem-cell research.... At issue is one of those gray areas on which there is room for disagreement and ought to be vigorous debate, the killing of human embryos as a source of stem cells. Some, however, seem eager to use Mr. Reeve's legacy to shut off the debate. For instance, Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards promised Monday, "When John Kerry is president, people like Christopher Reeve will get up out of that wheelchair and walk again." First off, Senator Edwards...

It's only a small, indeed microscopic, matter, but it made the news. It seems the Bush administration has changed the federal regulations governing scientific research in order to class human embryos as human. Goodness, has somebody in Washington been reading a biology textbook? What did they think the human embryo was before -- feline? equine? crustacean? Or just a meaningless clump of cells in a petri dish? This new addition to the list of "human subjects" whose welfare must be considered in scientific experiments -- along with fetus, child and adult -- is not expected to have any dramatic effect...