• This week, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati specifically asked Catholic school leaders at 113 schools to "immediately cease" any fundraising plans connected to the challenge, because the ALS Association funds at least one study using embryonic stem cells -- "in direct conflict with Catholic teaching. (salon.com)
  • The issue of research involving stem cells derived from human embryos is increasingly the subject of a national debate and dinner table discussions," said President George W. Bush in a 2001 speech announcing his policy on embryonic stem cell research. (erlc.com)
  • Such cells are derived from human embryos, and are undifferentiated, unlike other specialized cells in the human body. (nhsjs.com)
  • There are many types of stem cells, but most of the controversy surrounds embryonic stem cells, as they are derived from human embryos. (nhsjs.com)
  • But adult stem cells also raise some interesting ethical dilemmas alongside their great therapeutic promise. (eppc.org)
  • Beyond cancer, adult stem cells are also showing therapeutic promise for other diseases and conditions where there has previously been no available treatment option. (lozierinstitute.org)
  • In therapeutic cloning on the other hand, genetic material from a body cell is inserted into an egg cell, replacing the nucleus. (boloji.com)
  • However, the Senate bill does allow for therapeutic cloning, known as 'nuclear transplantation', for research on therapies that could cure several serious and life-threatening diseases. (boloji.com)
  • The Society for Women's Health Research, a non-profit group, agrees that therapeutic cloning should be allowed. (boloji.com)
  • While supporting research that would help to determine whether stem cells have therapeutic effects, they point out that those adult stem cells, umbilical cord stem cells, and embryonic stem cells not derived from embryos created for research can be used. (boloji.com)
  • Israeli policy is based on the belief that such a pre-embyro does not confer personhood and that many therapeutic applications can be derived from such research. (jcpa.org)
  • 5. In 2001, France and Germany requested the United Nations General Assembly to develop international conventions on human reproductive cloning, therapeutic cloning and research on stem cells. (who.int)
  • Clinical research had demonstrated the therapeutic benefits of interventions using adult stem cells rather than embryonic cells, a direction that guaranteed respect for human dignity, even at the embryonic stage. (who.int)
  • In some cases, offering a particular stem cell therapy can have a positive economic impact for the country in which it is offered because patients are willing to travel in hopes of finding effective therapeutic options. (nationalacademies.org)
  • 1, 2 Recently, Prolotherapists have begun to utilize the potential of autologous adipose (fat)-derived stem/stromal cells (AD-SC) within non-manipulated fat graft scaffolding, combined with high-density PRP concentrates (HD-PRP) to provide a potent biological therapeutic combination. (journalofprolotherapy.com)
  • This cell then has therapeutic cloning: the global the capacity to divide and grow into an exact replica of the original from whom the debate somatic cell was taken. (who.int)
  • Ex vivo gene therapy involves the genetic modification of cells outside of the body to produce therapeutic factors and their subsequent transplantation back into patients. (bvsalud.org)
  • In this article R. Alta Charo states that we have a right to use fetal tissue for research and therapy (Fetal Tissue, 1) The article goes into how a lot of people find this to be a moral issue and a matter of the conscience and explains how the antiabortion activist that don't agree with the research are actually benefitting from the fetal tissue. (ipl.org)
  • cells that were extracted from fetal tissue, which was donated. (salon.com)
  • Early polio research included the use of embryonic tissue . (salon.com)
  • there are reasons to have conversations about embryonic stem cell research and fetal tissue research. (salon.com)
  • XI - embryonic stem cells: embryonic cells that are capable of modifying the cells of any organism tissue. (hinxtongroup.org)
  • On Wednesday, March 16, 2016, the Arizona House Judiciary Committee panel held a hearing to consider SB 1474 , introduced by Sen. Nancy Barto (R-Phoenix) to prohibit fetal tissue trafficking. (lozierinstitute.org)
  • Disastrous results for patients are seen not only with fetal tissue but also with fetal stem cells. (lozierinstitute.org)
  • C]ontinued use of fetal tissue is an outdated science, presents no advantage to medical research, and raises grave ethical concerns. (lozierinstitute.org)
  • Noncontroversial, successful alternatives exist to the use of fetal tissue in research. (lozierinstitute.org)
  • For instance, it may be possible one day to produce cardiac tissue to repair a heart damaged in a heart attack, nerve tissue to repair spinal cord injuries and cell therapies to treat people suffering from Alzheimer's or ALS. (jewishvaluesonline.org)
  • However, they cannot form an organism because they are unable to give rise to extra embryonic tissue essential for normal development in the uterus. (biomedcentral.com)
  • As the cell begins to divide, scientists believe stem cells can be extracted and grown into tissue or organs. (boloji.com)
  • If there are intact cells in this tissue they have been 'stored' frozen. (wikiquote.org)
  • It is also our view that there are no sound reasons for treating the early-stage human embryo or cloned human embryo as anything special, or as having moral status greater than human somatic cells in tissue culture. (wikiquote.org)
  • A blastocyst (cloned or not), because it lacks any trace of a nervous system, has no capacity for suffering or conscious experience in any form - the special properties that, in our view, spell the difference between biological tissue and a human life worthy of respect and rights. (wikiquote.org)
  • Dr CHAUHAN (India)1 welcomed the updated WHO Guiding Principles on Human Cell, Tissue and Organ Transplantation. (who.int)
  • In the United States, stem cell therapies are regulated as biologics and are subject to premarket approval under the risk-based approach to approving cellular and tissue-based products. (nationalacademies.org)
  • One explanation for deficient repair is when undifferentiated adult stem repair cells are inadequate in number or cannot be stimulated within the damaged tissue site. (journalofprolotherapy.com)
  • With improved understanding of tissue healing and regeneration, stem cell Prolotherapy is gaining significant clinical importance and potential. (journalofprolotherapy.com)
  • In the 1990's platelet rich plasma (PRP) gained acceptance in many surgical circles, and in the 2000's, Prolotherapists and other physicians in the orthopedic and sports medicine field, began using high-density PRP concentrates (HD-PRP), defined as a minimum of 4 times patient baseline platelet levels, to stimulate musculoskeletal connective tissue repair. (journalofprolotherapy.com)
  • At first, the mesenchymal stem cell was thought to be the primary component of this undifferentiated cell type, however it is now evident that within the adipose extracellular matrix are also adipocytic precursors (known as progenitor cells) adherent to adipocytes, and in close approximation to a variety of additional undifferentiated multipotent and pluripotent cells, including pericytes and endothelial cells, all thought to play important roles in mesenchymal-stromal derived tissue regeneration. (journalofprolotherapy.com)
  • One of the greatest controversies triggered tissue, a stem cell encoding for heart tissue by the rapid pace of evolution in biology, will eventually develop into heart tissue particularly in genomics and biotechnology, and so on. (who.int)
  • The Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz team claims to have constructed its models using reprogrammed human embryonic stem cells (cells taken from human embryos, at an early stage of their development, and subjected to a reprogramming technique). (alliancevita.org)
  • Second, stem cells may prove to be an indispensable source of transplantable cells and tissues for repair and regeneration. (erlc.com)
  • Today, we can derive stem cells from a range of adult and newborn tissues: liver cells, kidney cells, brain cells, fat cells, and umbilical cord blood. (eppc.org)
  • In the normal course of gestation, these cells will divide and split off from one another to become every cell in the human body, forming the various organs and tissues. (jewishvaluesonline.org)
  • A few of the cells in the inner cell mass will develop into the foetus, whereas the rest will form the placenta and other supporting tissues needed for foetal development in the uterus. (biomedcentral.com)
  • These cells exhibit particular properties: they are termed pluripotent as they have the property of being able to differentiate indefinitely to form most of the tissues of the human organism. (alliancevita.org)
  • The stem cells may be obtained in several ways: either drawn from embryos (these cells are from a lineage established from human embryos, from In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) which have been abandoned and donated for research), or drawn from particular tissues (bone marrow, fatty tissues, umbilical cord blood) or even generated artificially by the so-called IPS (Induced Pluripotent Stem cell) technique from already differentiated cell types (for example, skin cells). (alliancevita.org)
  • According to the team, their model was able to achieve a highly complex organisation and began to exhibit a degree of differentiation of tissues. (alliancevita.org)
  • The Act sets a regulatory framework for the donation of organs, tissues, and other human body parts in the US. (asu.edu)
  • Stem cell technologies promise to be the next transformative medical technology offering therapies for conditions and diseases that are currently beyond medical science by creating replacement or supplementary tissues for a patient. (schlich.co.uk)
  • reagents made using a patient's own cells used to regenerate disease or damaged tissues 14,15 , once the stuff of science fiction, may become science fact. (schlich.co.uk)
  • however, regulations for treating patients with cells and tissues that are based on evidence could help to address challenges relating to therapy, safety, and efficacy. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Stem cells may be derived from adult tissues but the most potent are extracted from developing human embryos. (edu.au)
  • Recognition of the vast number of undifferentiated cells associated with the stromal vascular fraction has resulted in extensive research demonstrating the heterogeneity of such cells, and their ability to participate in production of all mesodermal-derived tissues. (journalofprolotherapy.com)
  • The stem cells suits human needs, does not cause harm and can be obtained from both adult and fetal does not conflict with religious beliefs, it has tissues, umbilical cord and early embryos. (who.int)
  • Xenotransplantation involves the transplantation of nonhuman tissues or organs into human recipients. (medscape.com)
  • Over the past few years, the debate over stem cells and cloning has grown both more complex and more profound. (eppc.org)
  • Research advocates attack President Bush for "banning stem cell research," while pro-life advocates lament a Republican administration and Congress that have banned nothing-not embryo destruction, not human cloning, not fetal farming, not genetic engineering. (eppc.org)
  • But if we are to make wise policy the stem cell/cloning arena, we need to step back, sort out the various scientific alternatives and moral issues, and search for a way forward that all citizens can embrace. (eppc.org)
  • To this end, we offer a detailed analysis of the stem cell/cloning question-where is the science, what are the political alternatives, and what moral obligations should guide us? (eppc.org)
  • That is to say, we risk turning developed cells into developing embryos, and thus risk engaging in the very activities of embryo destruction and human cloning that we seek to avoid. (eppc.org)
  • Friend is wrong to suggest that human cloning was science fiction at that time. (parliament.uk)
  • I was the lay member of the Medical Research Council at the time, and human cloning was far from being science fiction. (parliament.uk)
  • I am very concerned about the unrelenting pressure that a few scientists and pharmaceutical companies are putting on legislators, like yourself, to approve Embryonic Stem Cell Cloning (also called cell nuclear replacement). (parliament.uk)
  • That's why Father Pacholczyk, director of education at the National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia, said that the efforts to help people understand the immorality of embryo reserch, including human cloning, must focus on humanizing the issue and appreciating our own embryonic origins, not just on the desired results of embryonic or other types of stem-cell research. (archstl.org)
  • The subject of human cloning has been around for much of the 20th century and beyond. (archstl.org)
  • A decade later, cloning came to the forefront in Missouri with the narrow passage of Amendment 2, a ballot initiative in 2006 that constitutionally protects embryonic stem-cell research and human cloning. (archstl.org)
  • For performing human cloning: Punishment by confinement from 2 (two) to 5 (five) years and fine. (hinxtongroup.org)
  • American feminists and women's health activists are debating on the difficult issue of human cloning and stem cell research. (boloji.com)
  • Human cloning involves creating embryos with the intent of implanting them in women to produce children. (boloji.com)
  • Last year, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives in the US Congress passed a bill banning all human cloning, a measure President Bush supports. (boloji.com)
  • Their 'Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2002' would prohibit human reproductive cloning by imposing significant criminal and civil penalties in the form of fines (at least $1 million) and up to ten years in prison. (boloji.com)
  • While supporting a ban on the cloning of a human being, the Society believes that the ban should not deter important advancements in scientific technology. (boloji.com)
  • In June 2002, numerous international organizations joined the Collective in issuing a statement on human cloning in which they called on Congress to pass a strong, effective ban on using human cloning to create a human being. (boloji.com)
  • There is no way that human cloning could be developed without unethical mass experimentation on women and children,' they said. (boloji.com)
  • Further, cloning advocates are seeking to appropriate the language of reproductive rights and freedom of choice to support their case. (boloji.com)
  • At the same time, the statement calls for a five-year moratorium on the use of cloning to create human embryos for research purposes. (boloji.com)
  • It did not endorse the creation of embryos by cloning or other methods for use in research involving their destruction. (robertpgeorge.com)
  • Cloning in biotechnology refers to processes used to create copies of DNA fragments ( molecular cloning ), cells (cell cloning), or organisms . (wikiquote.org)
  • Given that we have an efficiency of 1% cloning for livestock species and if only one in a thousand cells are viable then around 100,000 cells would need to be transferred. (wikiquote.org)
  • 2. Over the years, the international community has tried without success to build a consensus on an international convention against the reproductive cloning of human beings. (who.int)
  • WHA50.37 of 1997 argues that human cloning is ethically unacceptable and contrary to human integrity and morality. (who.int)
  • General Assembly the adoption of a declaration on human cloning by which Member States were called upon to prohibit all forms of human cloning inasmuch as they are incompatible with human dignity and the protection of human life. (who.int)
  • 3. Creating awareness among ministries of health in the African Region will provide them with critical and relevant information on the reproductive cloning of human beings and its implications to the health status of the general population. (who.int)
  • 7. The WHO Regional Committee for Africa is invited to review this document for information and guidance concerning reproductive cloning of human beings. (who.int)
  • 2. Nuclear transfer is a technique used to duplicate genetic material by creating an embryo through the transfer and fusion of a diploid cell in an enucleated female oocyte.2 Cloning has a broader meaning than nuclear transfer as it also involves gene replication and natural or induced embryo splitting (see Annex 1). (who.int)
  • 3. Media reports on nuclear transfer are usually about one form, reproductive nuclear transfer, also known as reproductive cloning of human beings . (who.int)
  • WHA50.37, which states "the use of cloning for the replication of human individuals is ethically unacceptable and contrary to human integrity and morality. (who.int)
  • Human cloning would also become legitimate. (ecamrl.org)
  • Under a deceptively written definition, human cloning would be permitted as long as a clone is not implanted. (ecamrl.org)
  • Federal Funding for Human Cloning? (ecamrl.org)
  • In response, a group of lawmakers introduced legislation that would authorize federal funding for human cloning. (ecamrl.org)
  • Here's how: Under the disingenuous title "Prohibition against Funding for Human Cloning," the legislation inaccurately defines "human cloning" as the implantation of a cloned embryo, instead of as the creation of such an embryo. (ecamrl.org)
  • In this section, the term "human cloning" means the implantation of the product [the cloned embryo] of transferring the nuclear material of a human somatic cell into an egg cell from which the nuclear material has been removed or rendered inert [SCNT] into a uterus or the functional equivalent of a uterus. (ecamrl.org)
  • Reproductive Cloning - Use of a donor cell to create a new human genetically identical to the donor. (schlich.co.uk)
  • This issue was considered by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs in its report entitled Human Cloning: Scientific, Ethical and Regulatory Aspects of Human Cloning and Stem Cell Research (hereafter the Andrews Report , after the Chair of the Committee, Mr Kevin Andrews, MP) released in September 2001. (edu.au)
  • The report arose out of a recommendation for the Committee to review the report of the Australian Health Ethics Committee (AHEC) of the NHMRC entitled Scientific, Ethical and Regulatory Considerations Relevant to Cloning of Human Beings (hereafter the AHEC Report ). (edu.au)
  • When the nucleus of a stem cell has been the technique of cloning. (who.int)
  • The con- is removed and replaced by a nucleus of cept of human cloning has long been in the another cell type, the stem cell will then imagination of many scientists, scholars and be reprogrammed to produce the product fiction writers [ 1 ]. (who.int)
  • So long as this form of cloning (non-human) in different culture media. (who.int)
  • However, it appears that the ability of the In its simplest form, cloning is defined stem cells to transform is limited, except as the exact replication of cells. (who.int)
  • This paper outlines the debates prompted through a reproduction mechanism involv- by progress in cloning research, with special ing male and female germ cells. (who.int)
  • Reproductive cloning versus germ cell (egg, ovum). (who.int)
  • Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are stem cells that have been taken from the inner cell mass of a blastocyst, an embryo of about 150 cells that has not yet implanted into a woman's uterus. (erlc.com)
  • In the first 4 - 5 days after fertilization, the early-stage embryo (or blastocyst) is comprised of about 150 cells, within which there is a region called the Inner Cell Mass containing the stem cells. (jewishvaluesonline.org)
  • Approximately five days after fertilization the totipotent cells have differentiated and started to form a hollow sphere of cells called a blastocyst. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Most researchers obtain embryonic stem cells from the inner mass of a blastocyst, an embryonic stage when a fertilized egg has divided into 128 cells. (jcpa.org)
  • The stem cells derived from the inner mass of a blastocyst lack the ability to form a fetus when implanted into a woman, but are self-renewing and can be maintained for long periods of time in the laboratory as undifferentiated stem cells. (jcpa.org)
  • Proponents of stem cell research claim that the blastocyst is not human yet, and the embryos used for stem cell harvest are typically leftover from in vitro fertilization procedures with minimal chance that a human could ever develop from them. (nhsjs.com)
  • Far more controversial-and for good reason-are stem cells derived from destroyed human embryos. (eppc.org)
  • By learning how stem cells differentiate and become specialized, scientists hope to gain a better understanding of how cells in general work and what can go wrong. (erlc.com)
  • Douglas Melton (left) and David Scadden, directors of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, are among the university scientists who study the cells for cures to several devastating diseases. (chronicle.com)
  • The move added to optimism about eventual victory for university scientists who use this research in a search for cures for a range of devastating diseases. (chronicle.com)
  • The new appeals-court action was especially welcome to stem-cell scientists because Judge Lamberth's injunction had prevented the National Institutes of Health from distributing millions of dollars in research money at a time, near the end of the federal fiscal year on September 30, when the NIH often awards many of its grants, said Anthony J. Mazzaschi, senior director for scientific affairs at the Association of American Medical Colleges. (chronicle.com)
  • An NIH spokeswoman, Marin P. Allen, declined to say whether the agency would restart research involving embryonic stem cells at its own laboratory facilities or resume awarding grants for such research by outside scientists. (chronicle.com)
  • Long before the controversy emerged over human embryonic stem cells, scientists and doctors began using first-generation stem cells from adult bone marrow. (eppc.org)
  • But they are also less equipped to produce every cell type of the body and less able to reproduce themselves indefinitely, which makes them less appealing to scientists interested in basic research. (eppc.org)
  • In July 2005, for example, scientists announced that they had engineered adult mouse stem cells into usable mouse eggs, a technique that might one day allow for the creation of human eggs from ordinary human cells. (eppc.org)
  • Because the early stem cells have the ability to become any one of the hundreds of different kinds of human cells, scientists are working on research using these cells with the aim of creating therapies to treat a variety of diseases. (jewishvaluesonline.org)
  • This policy is similar to that of other countries, including Israel, where scientists are funded by Government to study embryonic stem cells despite the aforementioned bioethical issue. (jcpa.org)
  • Out of all peer-reviewed research papers published from 1998 through 2005 on original human ESC research, scientists from the U.S. published by far the most, 125 of the 315. (robertpgeorge.com)
  • Synthetic embryos", "embryoids", "synthetic human embryos", "imitation embryos", "embryo models", "embryos derived from stem cells", "laboratory copy of human embryos", "blastoids" etc. these are the convoluted designations which the press has used to relay the announcements by two teams of research scientists. (alliancevita.org)
  • Early embryonic development fascinates research scientists. (alliancevita.org)
  • Scientists see more and more evidence that human evolution not only exists but is ongoing, as people adapt to changing circumstances with shifts in everything from skin color to the protein structure of sperm. (planetwaves.net)
  • So in recent years, scientists started creating structures that resemble human embryos in the lab by using chemical signals to coax cells into forming themselves into entities that look like very primitive human embryos. (kmuw.org)
  • Some other scientists are hailing the research. (kmuw.org)
  • But Hyun says it's important to come up with clear guidelines about how scientists can responsibly be permitted to pursue this kind of research. (kmuw.org)
  • The Macchiarini saga and its California connections offer a peek into the global nature of stem cell research and how scientists must rely on the integrity of others thousands of miles away -- as well as the sometimes agonizingly slow search for cures. (blogspot.com)
  • Why is there a controversy over ESC research? (erlc.com)
  • Embryonic stem cell transplants have been an ethical, social, and legal controversy since the first successful transplant of human stem cells in 1998. (ipl.org)
  • The controversy over stem cell research is focused specifically on the use of stem cells taken from embryos. (jewishvaluesonline.org)
  • The controversy arises for some people because, in the course of harvesting these cells, the embryo is destroyed. (jewishvaluesonline.org)
  • The controversy over embryonic stem cell research is caused by the fact that the procurement of these stem cells involves the destruction of the embryo produced during in vitro fertilization. (nhsjs.com)
  • In the United States currently embryonic stem cell research is allowed but there has been a lot of public controversy and legal setbacks. (nhsjs.com)
  • Stem cell technologies have been dogged by controversy because of objections over the morality of sacrificing human embryos to produce the first human embryonic stem cell lines. (schlich.co.uk)
  • The controversy has stirred up the international stem cell community with blog postings and sharp accusations. (blogspot.com)
  • Already, non-embryonic stem cells are being used to treat a variety of diseases-most notably certain cancers of the blood. (eppc.org)
  • The diseases and treatments that could come from giving up a human life are not worth it. (ipl.org)
  • While at the hospital she was unaware that the doctors there were experimenting on her taking cell samples from her body, to help find a resolution to multiple diseases. (ipl.org)
  • All of this debate raises an important question, Should embryonic stem cell research be conducted for treatment of present and future diseases? (ipl.org)
  • On the other hand, people who believe that embryonic stem cell research creates means of curing diseases reply that the research should be conducted. (ipl.org)
  • Father Tad Pacholczyk is convinced that embryonic stem cells will someday cure diseases. (archstl.org)
  • The Society is concerned that a ban on nuclear transplantation might thwart research directed at finding cures and treatments for diseases and disabilities which solely, predominantly or differently affect women,' says their president, Phyllis Greenberger. (boloji.com)
  • While there is a great deal published on the potential medical applications of stem cell research to treat or cure diseases such as diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, cancer, and heart disease, much less has been published on the future impact of stem cell research in reproductive medicine. (jcpa.org)
  • While most treatments derived so far from ASC research apply to blood-related diseases, the broader application of ASCs for a more diverse array of maladies is likely within several more years. (robertpgeorge.com)
  • Claims that you could clone individual treatments of human beings to treat common diseases like diabetes, suggests you need a huge supply of human eggs. (wikiquote.org)
  • However, Astellas recognizes that patients with serious or life-threatening diseases may not qualify for a clinical trial and may seek access to investigational therapy if they have exhausted all available treatment options. (astellas.com)
  • Yet the congressional tug-of-war on a preferred route to finding treatments to diseases and other ailments using stem cells helps to make the case for another bill, one that has lingered in Congress since its introduction. (ecamrl.org)
  • Stem cells offer the prospect of treatments for diseases and injuries that are currently beyond medical science. (schlich.co.uk)
  • Stem cells may underpin the next generation of pharmaceuticals, with even greater promise for successful treatment of diseases that are intractable or scarcely treatable now. (schlich.co.uk)
  • For decades, science has been trying to unlock the mysteries of how a single cell becomes a fully formed human being and what goes wrong to cause genetic diseases, miscarriages and infertility. (kmuw.org)
  • Did you know that your baby's cord blood is rich in stem cells that may be used as therapy in some cancers (such as leukemia), immune system disorders, and blood diseases (such as anemia)? (motherhoodcommunity.com)
  • In addition, these stem cells are only half as likely to be rejected during therapy compared with adult stem cells, and they rarely carry any infectious diseases. (motherhoodcommunity.com)
  • Overall, given the current outcomes from researchers and clinical trials, along with exciting new developments in ex vivo gene and cell therapy, we anticipate that successful treatments for neurological diseases will arise in the near future. (bvsalud.org)
  • Embryo" is the term for humans and other mammals in the stage of development between fertilization and the end of the eighth week of gestation, whereupon the being is referred to as a fetus until the time of birth. (erlc.com)
  • The term adult stem cells simply refers to any non-embryonic stem cell, whether taken from a fetus, a child or an adult. (erlc.com)
  • … "human clone" means an embryo that, as a result of the manipulation of human reproductive material or an in vitro embryo, contains a diploid set of chromosomes obtained from a single - living or deceased - human being, fetus, or embryo. (hinxtongroup.org)
  • Multipotent stem cells are present in the adult individual as well as the fetus and umbilical cord. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Similarly, when the fertilized egg divides from two cells into four cells, each of these four cells has the potential to individually form a human fetus. (jcpa.org)
  • However, by the time the fertilized egg divides into 8 or 16 cells something changes and each respective cell, if separated, no longer has the potential to create a fetus. (jcpa.org)
  • The holy grail of regenerative medicine-whatever one's ethical beliefs about destroying embryos-is to "reprogram" regular cells from one's own body so that individuals can be the source of their own rejection-proof therapies. (eppc.org)
  • But we can only wonder about the ethical propriety of producing the first human child with this technique, knowing that the hoped-for newborn would be a reproductive experiment, one that may end initially in numerous fetal failures. (eppc.org)
  • The bill also applies Federal ethical regulations on human subject research and outlaws the transfer of cloned embryos to a woman's uterus or to any artificial womb. (boloji.com)
  • Ethical rules need, however, to be in place so that scientific research always respects the life and freedom of individuals, and there is no abuse of this research potential to serve other goals. (nhsjs.com)
  • The use of the technique of nuclear transfer for reproduction of human beings is surrounded by strong ethical concerns and controversies and is considered a threat to human dignity. (who.int)
  • Ethical concerns relate to the risk of causing physical and psychological harm, lack of respect for ethical research standards, exploitation of the poor and conflict of interest if financial interests are involved. (who.int)
  • This technique is surrounded by strong ethical concerns and is considered a threat to human dignity. (who.int)
  • 3 The resolution recognizes the need to respect the freedom of ethical scientific research and to ensure access to the benefits of its application. (who.int)
  • The now uncertain future course on stem cell research helps to make a clear case for taking a sensible step: prioritizing funding for research that is ethical and has demonstrated success. (ecamrl.org)
  • Bioethics tends to be dominated by discourses concerned with the ethical dimension of medical practice, the organization of medical care, and the integrity of biomedical research involving human subjects and animal testing. (erudit.org)
  • Accounting for the work of Jacques Derrida, and with reference to Michel Foucault's deliberations about biopower, Cary Wolfe has rightly questioned the entrenched discursive features of bioethics as a discipline according to which the boundary between the human and the non-human remains "an ethical (non)issue" (Wolfe, 2009). (erudit.org)
  • Research is proceeding unfettered and, in some cases, without ethical standards in other countries. (ontheissues.org)
  • Instead, we should foster all of these methods, and we should adequately fund and have ethical oversight over all ethical stem cell research. (ontheissues.org)
  • The determination of the Director-General to continue examining ethical, clinical and epidemiological issues related to human organ transplantation was greatly appreciated. (who.int)
  • Additional research, including paediatric research, and interdisciplinary reflection were needed in order to truthfully inform the general public of the anthropological, social, ethical and legal implications of transplantation. (who.int)
  • But the research, which was published in two separate papers Wednesday in the journal Nature Portfolio , raises sensitive moral and ethical concerns. (kmuw.org)
  • The ethical and legal controversies that were aroused in the ART debates during the 1980s have been re-ignited with the development of stem cell technology. (edu.au)
  • These include, but are not limited to, (1) preventing hyperacute rejection, (2) preventing acute vascular rejection, (3) facilitating immune accommodation, (4) inducing immune tolerance, (5) preventing the transmission of viruses from xenografts into humans, and (6) addressing the ethical issues surrounding animal sources for xenografts and the appropriate selection of recipients (given that xenotransplantation remains experimental). (medscape.com)
  • In this review, we cover both preclinical animal studies and clinical human trials that have used ex vivo gene therapy to treat neurological disorders with a focus on Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's disease, ALS, and stroke. (bvsalud.org)
  • If stem cells can be used to produce new and differentiated cells that are damaged because of disease (such as Parkinson's disease) or injury (e.g., spinal cord damage), it would transform regenerative medicine. (erlc.com)
  • Researchers investigating many other conditions, including Parkinson's , also have been known to use embryonic stem cells. (salon.com)
  • 4] Porcine skin has been grafted onto burn patients,[5] and pig neuronal cells have been transplanted into patients with Parkinson (Parkinson's) disease and Huntington (Huntington's) disease. (medscape.com)
  • The Church also supports research and therapies using adult stem cells, which are cells that come from any person who has been born - including umbilical cord blood, bone marrow, skin and other organs. (archstl.org)
  • this research is funded by one specific donor, who is committed to this area of research. (salon.com)
  • The source of embryos is from those fertilized in vitro , and then donated for research with donor consent. (nhsjs.com)
  • Meanwhile, human trials with adult stem cells not only are safe for the donor and recipient but have produced treatments for more than 70 ailments in human beings. (ecamrl.org)
  • Respect for the life of the donor must always prevail. (who.int)
  • This means that critical medical treatments can be refused patients or removed from them without their consent, live organs can be removed, or, as bioethicist Dr. Richard Frye (Senior Scholar, The Hastings Center) publishes, we have a strong moral obligation to use such non-person human beings ("possible people") in purely experimental destructive research for the greater good of society IN PLACE OF THE HIGHER PRIMATES WHO ARE PERSONS. (lifeissues.net)
  • Contrary to popular belief, stem cells are present in the human body throughout life and are found in many adult organs. (jcpa.org)
  • 1999). Majority of the organs for transplantation are donated from patients in whom brain-stem death has been diagnosed and who are then ventilated to maintain adequate oxygenation and circulation-the so called non-heart-beating donors (NHBDs) (D Allessandro et al . (scialert.net)
  • The Declaration should support Member States in combating the targeted sourcing of organs from poor people. (who.int)
  • The concept was pioneered a century ago, when transplanting human organs was considered ethically controversial. (medscape.com)
  • In light of the lack of supply of human organs for transplantation, several alternatives have been investigated and debated. (medscape.com)
  • 9,10] Organs from pigs have been the focus of much of the research in xenotransplantation, in part because of the public acceptance of killing pigs and the physiologic similarities between pigs and human and nonhuman primates. (medscape.com)
  • Xenografts have been proposed as appropriate for infants who are physically too small to accommodate organs retrieved from adult or pediatric donors. (medscape.com)
  • Additionally, organs from animal sources could be transplanted into patients currently excluded from the human organ transplantation list. (medscape.com)
  • Finally, most patients perceive xenotransplantation as an acceptable bridge to transplantation of human organs in life-threatening situations. (medscape.com)
  • Therefore we have chosen to use the term "adipose-derived stem/stromal cells" (AD-SC's), rather than simply "mesenchymal stem cells. (journalofprolotherapy.com)
  • However, with the explosion in stem cell technologies, neural stem/progenitor cells and mesenchymal stem cells are most often used. (bvsalud.org)
  • I'll also be on the lookout for a charity that doesn't violate the Sanctity of Human Life. (salon.com)
  • Until recently it was considered a fact that, for example, hematopoietic stem cells did not have the potential to differentiate into cells of other types than the cells constituting the blood system. (biomedcentral.com)
  • in 1956 and Till and McCulloch in 1961, demonstrating that lethally irradiated mice could be rescued with cells from freshly isolated bone marrow [ 10 ] and that BM cells formed spleen clonies (CFU-S) following transplantation to irradiated recipients [ 30 ], respectively. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A few years ago, in an article in the The Times of London newspaper, the author, Michael Gove, made the following statement: "Embryonic stem-cell experimentation involves not just the destruction of human life but the creation of life with the specific intent to destroy it. (jewishvaluesonline.org)
  • First, while stem-cell experimentation could involve the creation of embryos with the express purpose of destroying them, this is not the only means available for obtaining embryos. (jewishvaluesonline.org)
  • Second, Michael Gove holds that embryonic experimentation represents the destruction of human life. (jewishvaluesonline.org)
  • According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, one of the top ten issues that will come before state legislatures this year (2006) relates to rights of conscience in the biomedical field - stem cell experimentation and research. (consciencelaws.org)
  • Currently, all human embryonic stem cell lines in use today were created from embryos generated by IVF. (erlc.com)
  • In May 2002, the Senate countered with its own legislation designed to foster scientific research. (boloji.com)
  • All have said they would have supported the 2002 resolution to use force in Iraq, and Deutsch did so. (usforacle.com)
  • As stem cells within a developing human embryo differentiate within the cell, their capacity to diversify generally becomes more limited and their ability to generate many differentiated cell types also becomes more restricted. (erlc.com)
  • Because life is precious and human dignity needs to be respected, of course now anti-choice groups are now coming down on the Ice Bucket Challenge. (salon.com)
  • Planned Parenthood's trafficking of baby body parts is antithetical to our belief in human dignity. (ontheissues.org)
  • Considered contrary to the moral law, since (it is in) opposition to the dignity both of human procreation and of the conjugal union. (wikiquote.org)
  • related research and developments should therefore be carefully monitored and assessed, and the rights and dignity of patients respected. (who.int)
  • Embryonic stem cell research "uses special cells found in three-to-five day old human embryos to seek cures for a host of chronic disease" (PRC). (ipl.org)
  • If embryonic stem-cell research offers real possibilities for future cures then, from a Jewish point of view, it may be pursued with caution, humility, and strict supervision. (jewishvaluesonline.org)
  • While the search for cures is an important motive behind ESC research, it is clearly not the only motive. (robertpgeorge.com)
  • In order to better appreciate the role of stem cell research in reproductive medicine, there is a need to understand the critical biological principles of stem cell research and its potential applications to medicine. (jcpa.org)
  • Assisted reproductive technology (ART) and embryo research have posed many challenges to the different timeframes of science, ethics and law. (edu.au)
  • It is increasingly clear that there are non-embryo destructive research alternatives that hold out the promise of providing sources of stem cells with properties equivalent to, or nearly equivalent to, embryonic cells. (robertpgeorge.com)
  • In addition, the possibility of reprogramming adult stem cells back to a "pluripotent" (or embryonic-like) state raises the biological prospect of going back too far. (eppc.org)
  • Thus, a kind of 'regenerative medicine' gives people access to therapies derived from their own cells. (boloji.com)
  • The Japanese government has made innovation, including innovation in stem cell research, a national priority, and new laws regarding regenerative medicine products are expected to provide a more efficient path to the translation of these therapies to the clinic. (nationalacademies.org)
  • The California Stem Cell Report queried both Balafsky and Tarantal about their grant along with the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) , as the stem cell agency is formally known. (blogspot.com)
  • The Catholic Church has always held that stem-cell research and therapies are morally acceptable, as long as they don't involve the creation and destruction of human embryos. (archstl.org)
  • Americans are divided over the question of whether it is morally acceptable to authorize by law, and fund with taxpayer dollars, research in which human embryos are destroyed. (robertpgeorge.com)
  • Surely we can all agree that the human embryo possesses the active potential to develop by an internally directed process towards maturity, and that this is morally significant. (robertpgeorge.com)
  • if you have a choice of starting material and are forced to use embryonic stem cells to carry out the invention, ensure you describe the use of embryonic stem cells from morally acceptable sources in your patent application. (schlich.co.uk)
  • I'm sure it makes anyone who is morally serious nervous when people start creating structures in a petri dish that are this close to being early human beings," says Dr. Daniel Sulmasy, a bioethicist at Georgetown University . (kmuw.org)
  • Adult stem cells are sometimes referred to as somatic stem cells to differentiate them from human germ cells, sperm cells and egg cells. (erlc.com)
  • I have considered the issue of adult stem cells very carefully and come to the conclusion that because they do not differentiate as much as embryonic cells, that is a severe medical and scientific disadvantage. (parliament.uk)
  • When the stem cells divide, the new cell may remain a stem cell to divide again or may differentiate to become any of the 200 types of specialized cells in the human body. (nhsjs.com)
  • The have been applied to both the plant and ani- stem cells possess pluripotential charac- mal kingdoms without even stirring a ripple teristics, and can differentiate into various of concern in international conscience [ 2 ]. (who.int)
  • Advocates of ESC research, however, argue that it is unethical to impede potential advances that could heal disease and relieve the suffering of fully developed human beings. (erlc.com)
  • human beings have developed innovative technologies to treat and cure disease, to enhance human living conditions, and to protect or improve the environment. (jcpa.org)
  • ESCR also has been plagued by tumors in lab animals, thereby making its safety for use in human beings highly questionable. (ecamrl.org)
  • But the more they press the envelope, the more nervous I think anybody would get that people are trying to sort of create human beings in a test tube," Sulmasy says. (kmuw.org)
  • The American people should not be forced to pay for even one more day of experiments that destroy human life, have produced no real-world treatments, and violate an existing federal law," he said in a statement. (chronicle.com)
  • While many people say the use of the cell research is a way to advance medical knowledge and expand treatments, there is no guarantee that the treatments will work. (ipl.org)
  • That life may not even be worth it because it takes multiple tries before the stem cells are even suitable for use in medical treatments. (ipl.org)
  • However, a lack of regulations concerning stem cell treatments or a lack of enforcement of such regulations could cause patients harm and damage the industry. (nationalacademies.org)
  • As a result, human cells, with the exception of those deemed minimally manipulated and used for autologous treatments, would be subject to FDA premarket approval as biologics. (nationalacademies.org)
  • This FOA will utilize the NIH Research Demonstration and Dissemination Project (R18) grant mechanism A companion Planning Grant announcement of identical scientific scope utilizes the Translational research project grant (R34) mechanism PAR-09-177 . (nih.gov)
  • Last May, the House of Representatives passed a bill to create a cord blood stem cell bank, legislation that is likely to become law with virtually unanimous support. (eppc.org)
  • Charlotte Lozier Institute Vice President and Director of Research, Dr. David Prentice, Ph.D . submitted the following written testimony in support of the legislation. (lozierinstitute.org)
  • Governments today are only starting to focus on stem cell legislation. (nhsjs.com)
  • This showcases the ambivalence of public perception, policy and legislation about stem cell research. (nhsjs.com)
  • Stating that such research "crosses a moral boundary that our decent society needs to respect," President Bush vetoed legislation last summer that would have expanded federal funding of human embryonic stem cell (ESC) research. (robertpgeorge.com)
  • To make matters worse, while these people do not consider it wrong to support legislation harmful to others - that, in some instances, gets people killed - they insist that it is wrong to question their faith. (blogspot.com)
  • In 2005, he wrote an essay in Nature challenging the importance of "cell theory"-a concept that holds cells as the basic structure of all organisms, and in 2001, he published a paper finding that adult stem cells could be made to act similarly to embryonic cells. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • The federal government has funded ESC research to the tune of $130 million dollars since 2001, and the U.S. continues to be the international leader in the field. (robertpgeorge.com)
  • Improvement in transplantation procedures, beginning with the advent of immunosuppressive therapies in the early 1980s, has lead to more and more patients benefiting from organ transplantation. (scialert.net)
  • Professor CHAPMAN (The Transplantation Society), speaking at the invitation of the CHAIRMAN, said that in addition to transforming the health and well-being of people with end-stage organ failure, successful transplantation was also of economic benefit, especially in kidney failure, since it was less expensive and provided longer and higher quality of life than dialysis. (who.int)
  • This study shows that one administration of engineered neural progenitors can provide new support cells and GDNF delivery to the ALS patient spinal cord for up to 42 months post-transplantation. (bvsalud.org)
  • Here we show that human neural progenitor cells transduced with GDNF (CNS10-NPC-GDNF) differentiated to astrocytes protected spinal motor neurons and were safe in animal models. (bvsalud.org)
  • STEM CELL RESEARCH is a very controversial topic in today's time. (ipl.org)
  • Although several reports indicate an ability of multipotent stem cells to produce cells even outside their normal limits, most of these findings remain highly controversial. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Stem cell research is one of the most controversial issues in modern medicine. (nhsjs.com)
  • Embryonic stem cell research ( ESCR ) is highly controversial, primarily because extraction of such cells results in the destruction of days-old human embryos. (ecamrl.org)
  • Furthermore, the first source of stem cell technology is controversial. (schlich.co.uk)
  • And conducting experiments on human embryos in the laboratory is difficult and controversial. (kmuw.org)
  • Stem cell technology is the latest development in this controversial branch of science. (edu.au)
  • Advocates of stem cell research believe that the cells are not equivalent to human life because it is inside the womb even facing the fact that the start of a human life is in the moment of conception. (ipl.org)
  • Gove, however, gives the impression that embryonic human life has equivalent standing to born human life. (jewishvaluesonline.org)
  • Because human life begins at conception, embryo destruction is immoral since it is the destruction of a human being. (erlc.com)
  • Since 1995, Congress has annually reauthorized a law-called the "Dickey Amendment"-prohibiting federal funding for research "in which" embryos are destroyed while leaving embryo destruction in the private sector entirely unregulated. (eppc.org)
  • Before leaving office, President Clinton sought to get around the existing law without actually changing it, by funding research on embryonic stem cells so long as the actual embryo destruction was paid for with private dollars. (eppc.org)
  • The human life starts at the moment of conception. (ipl.org)
  • I believe we should have a human life amendment that recognizes that life begins at conception and protects that life. (ontheissues.org)
  • Does it begin at conception, during a certain stage while maturing in a mother's womb during gestation, or when a child is born? (nhsjs.com)
  • Charles Krauthammer, a former member of the President's Council on Bioethics, lucidly articulated this point in a Washington Post column: "I don't believe that life - meaning the attributes and protections of personhood - begins at conception. (robertpgeorge.com)
  • 5. Most countries in the African Region have no specific regulations and policies governing genetic manipulations for assisted conception, treatment and research. (who.int)
  • Hyun agrees the research is very important and could lead to many other advances. (kmuw.org)
  • Two bills were proposed: The first one was the Stem Cell Research Advancement Act, which passed in both the House of Representatives and the Senate but was vetoed by President George W. Bush. (nhsjs.com)
  • While Rep. DeGette's Stem Cell Research Advancement Act (H.R. 4808) would authorize taxpayer dollars for research involving the killing of human embryos, it goes much further. (ecamrl.org)
  • The chickenpox, rubella, hepatitis A, shingles and one rabies vaccine all derive from fetal embryo fibroblast cells cultivated in the 1960s -- and Catholic leadership has wrestled with the ethics of using those vaccines. (salon.com)
  • James Thomson, the first scientist to derive stem cells from a human embryo, made this point clearly just a few weeks ago: "I don't want to sound too pessimistic because this is all doable, but it's going to be very hard. (robertpgeorge.com)
  • These cells are multipotent, meaning they can give rise to several other differentiated and specialized cells of the body (for example, liver cells, kidney cells, brain cells). (erlc.com)
  • Examples of multipotent stem cells are those producing blood, nerve and muscle cells. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The established dogma has however been challenged by recent findings suggesting that multipotent stem cells have a broader differentiation potential than previously thought. (biomedcentral.com)
  • With high levels of platelet-derived growth factors and cytokines, this combination provides both a living bioscaffold and a multipotent cell replenishment source useful for enhanced musculoskeletal healing. (journalofprolotherapy.com)
  • There are currently no controlled human clinical trials underway for ESC-derived therapies. (robertpgeorge.com)
  • By contrast, there are currently some 1200 clinical trials underway associated with human adult stem cells (ASCs). (robertpgeorge.com)
  • In 1993, the NIH published the Revitalization Act that established guidelines for minorities' and women's participation in clinical research. (asu.edu)
  • Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) has provided benefits to Parkinsonian patients and is being used in a clinical trial for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. (bvsalud.org)
  • Proponents, on the other hand, believe that embryos have not yet been guaranteed their human rights because they are only blastocysts, and the benefits of such research outweigh the concerns. (nhsjs.com)
  • While you might not see the need to store your baby's cord blood now, research shows that cord blood banking may be important for potential future transplants if your baby is found to have certain blood cancers and disorders. (motherhoodcommunity.com)
  • Cord blood banking can help preserve potentially life-saving stem cells, but it can also be costly. (motherhoodcommunity.com)
  • However, nowadays, many parents choose cord blood collection and banking to store potentially life-saving stem cells for future use. (motherhoodcommunity.com)
  • When I first ran for Congress in 1994, I was pro-life, but I wasn't vocal about it. (ontheissues.org)
  • Some suggest that it is Congress' role to tell researchers what kinds of cells to use. (ontheissues.org)
  • In theory, and to some extent in practice, an 8-cell embryo can be divided into eight single cells, and each cell has the potential of generating an individual if implanted in a woman's uterus. (biomedcentral.com)
  • These products are and the stem cell clinics that offer them, are subject to registration and good practice requirements, Riley said. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Senator Obama actually supports the barbaric practice of allowing abortionists to kill babies by allowing them to be partially, born, their skulls punctured and their brains sucked out. (blogs.com)
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  • It became a hot topic in 1996 when Dolly the sheep was cloned via a process called somatic cell nuclear transfer. (archstl.org)
  • And Michael M. Gottesman, the NIH's deputy director for intramural research, said researchers at the agency's headquarters in the Washington suburb of Bethesda could resume work involving embryonic stem cells, though he suggested "prudence" in carrying out such activities given the still-tenuous legal situation, Nature reported. (chronicle.com)
  • A stem cell line is a family of constantly dividing cells, the product of a single group of stem cells, which can be grown indefinitely in the laboratory. (erlc.com)
  • In addition, specific proteins or biological substances can be added to these stem cell cultures to transform them in the laboratory into a large variety of specialized cell types, such as nerve, liver, muscle, bone, and blood cells. (jcpa.org)
  • Stem cell research represents one of the most polarized biomedical controversies of our time. (nhsjs.com)
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