• Thanks to women who choose to have abortions and then generously donate their aborted fetuses to medical research, scientists have been able to use fetal tissue to develop all kinds of treatments and cures for diseases. (wonkette.com)
  • Vaccines for hepatitis A, German measles, chickenpox and rabies, for example, were developed using cell lines grown from tissue from two elective abortions, one in England and one in Sweden, that were performed in the 1960s. (wonkette.com)
  • German measles, also known as rubella, "caused 5,000 spontaneous abortions a year prior to the vaccine," said Dr. Paul Offit, an infectious-disease specialist at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. (wonkette.com)
  • The facts show that aborted fetal tissue from ongoing abortions has never been used in the production of a single vaccine, and most vaccines today use more efficient, modern cell lines and production techniques," they argue. (wnd.com)
  • Kim Hasenkrug of the National Institutes of Health's Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Montana wants to run tests in mice with "humanized" lungs that are modified with fetal tissue from abortions. (wnd.com)
  • For context, NIH-funded research using human fetal tissue obtained from abortions was banned by the Trump Administration in 2019. (lifeissues.net)
  • Fortunately, there is no need to use ethically problematic cell lines to produce a COVID vaccine, or any vaccine, as other cell lines or processes that do not involve cells from abortions are available and are regularly being used to produce other vaccines," it continued. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • They argue that the research supports abortions but have taken part in receiving vaccines and therapy that comes from the research. (ipl.org)
  • Some point to these cell lines being decades old, and others point out that using them may encourage additional abortions to develop new cell lines. (rtl.org)
  • The Pontifical Academy for Life determined that the good of public health outweighs the distanced cooperation in the evil of the abortions performed in the 1960s from which the cell lines were developed. (ncregister.com)
  • No new abortions have been performed to maintain these vaccines, and no cells from the victims of the abortions are contained in the vaccines. (ncregister.com)
  • the claim that since no babies were killed for the creation of fetal cell lines, we're not encouraging more abortions by making use of this material. (brephos.org)
  • Fetal Remains The use of fetal tissue from elective abortions is commonplace in the pharmaceutical industry and in medical research. (handleylaw.co.uk)
  • B19 has also been associated with fetal death (both spontaneous abortions and stillbirths), acute arthralgias and arthritis, and chronic anemia in immunodeficient patients (5-14). (cdc.gov)
  • The Center for Medical Progress says Planned Parenthood is making a lot of money selling fetal tissue obtained through abortions, which is illegal under federal law. (ctmirror.org)
  • Catholic leaders and others who oppose abortions have raised concerns that potential COVID-19 vaccines are being developed using cells derived from aborted fetuses. (newsweek.com)
  • The NIH is funding a $20 million program to "develop, demonstrate, and validate experimental models that do not rely on human fetal tissue from elective abortions. (chicagotribune.com)
  • NIH "has directed funding toward the development of alternative research methods that do not rely on human fetal tissue from elective abortions and I remain supportive of that effort. (chicagotribune.com)
  • ch stem argumentative persuasive Wanting Stem Cellular Research To defend his recent decision on control cell analysis, President Bush has in comparison it to the moral wisdom that it may end up being acceptable to use a vaccine classy in fetal tissue that ultimately originated from induced abortions. (owlrangers.com)
  • Fetal tissue also led to the development of the polio vaccine , and nobody wants to go back to the old-timey days of polio. (wonkette.com)
  • Without fetal cells, we probably wouldn't have vaccines for German measles, chicken pox and polio. (latimes.com)
  • This claim is not isolated with research documenting these horrific acts since the 1930's - including development of the polio vaccine. (fli.org.nz)
  • Kliff points out that the scientists who received the 1954 Nobel Prize for Medicine used fetal kidney cells to develop the polio vaccine. (lifelegaldefensefoundation.org)
  • We celebrated Sanofi moving away from abortion-derived cells for production of their polio vaccine. (personhood.org)
  • The Vatican's Academy for Life issued a document in 2017 with regard to vaccines using fetal cell lines from the 1960s to make rubella, chickenpox, polio and hepatitis A vaccines. (newsweek.com)
  • For example, the polio vaccines that our parents were vaccinated with in the 50's and 60's were later found to be contaminated with a monkey virus referred to as SV40 or Simian Virus 40. (truthsnitch.com)
  • And no…the individuals whose tumors were found to contain SV40 DNA had no possible exposure to SV40 other than the polio vaccine. (truthsnitch.com)
  • Monkey used to develop the polio vaccine used in the 50's and 60's. (truthsnitch.com)
  • Simian virus 40 (SV40) a monkey virus found for years in the polio vaccine and is a potent cancer agent. (educate-yourself.org)
  • Simian virus 40 (SV40), a polyomavirus of rhesus macaque origin, was discovered in 1960 as a contaminant of polio vaccines that were distributed to millions of people from 1955 through early 1963. (educate-yourself.org)
  • A 2005 document from the Pontifical Academy for Life considered the moral issues surrounding vaccines prepared in cell lines descended from aborted fetuses. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • The pontifical academy also noted that Catholics have an obligation to use ethically-sourced vaccines when available, and have an obligation to speak up and request the development of new cell lines that are not derived from aborted fetuses. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • However, regardless of how strongly you support life, you may unknowingly be cooperating in aborted fetal cell research by purchasing products that use aborted fetuses either in the product itself or in its development. (hli.org)
  • Many who oppose vaccines on religious grounds do so because the cell lines of some vaccines were developed from cells of aborted fetuses. (ncregister.com)
  • On December 14, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a response [2] to a question that many Catholics had recently been asking: Is it permissible to get vaccinated for COVID-19 if the development of the vaccine involved cell lines derived from aborted fetuses? (commonwealmagazine.org)
  • Note that fetal tissue has been taken in a number of cases from fetuses at developmental ages where fetal surgery is now used to correct problems and save lives, and at stages where science now demonstrates that the unborn fetus can feel pain. (lozierinstitute.org)
  • Between 1988 and 1994, roughly 140 Parkinson's disease patients received fetal tissue (up to six fetuses per patient), with varying results. (lozierinstitute.org)
  • One patient who received transplant of fetal brain tissue (from a total of 3 fetuses) died subsequently, and at autopsy was found to have various non-brain tissues ( e.g, skin-like tissue, hair, cartilage, and other tissue nodules) growing in his brain. (lozierinstitute.org)
  • A United Kingdom (U.K.)-based Filipina vlogger falsely claimed body parts of newly-aborted fetuses are chopped up and grown in laboratories to make COVID-19 vaccines. (verafiles.org)
  • Translation: There are no chopped up fetuses in vaccines. (verafiles.org)
  • In December, the Vatican said that "it is morally acceptable to receive COVID-19 vaccines that have used cell lines from aborted fetuses" in the research and production process when "ethically irreproachable" vaccines aren't available to the public. (lintelligencer.com)
  • The use of aborted fetuses to produce technology or treat disease diminishes the human child to a collection of cells without human dignity and whose only purpose is to be exploited for the benefit of others. (ppl.org)
  • Labeling the claim that "COVID-19 vaccines contain fetal cells" as "false" can actually be just as misleading, as this ignores the moral issue of aborted fetuses being used in medicine, and in fact makes it sound as though it's not happening. (cal-catholic.com)
  • 3 Similarly, Holt writes in an article published in the New York Times that two stem cell lines from two different aborted fetuses are still used "to produce vaccines for hepatitis A, rubella, chickenpox and shingles. (lifelegaldefensefoundation.org)
  • A cell line is the term used to describe a culture of animal cells, in this case taken from fetuses, that can be cultivated repeatedly in a lab. (newsweek.com)
  • According to Dr. Paul Offit of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, who was not involved in the protests, this results in vaccines created using this method containing residual or "very, small, small, small quantities of trace DNA" from the original fetuses. (newsweek.com)
  • Scientists around the country denounced the decision, saying that fetal tissue was critically needed for research on HIV vaccines, treatments that harness the body's immune system to battle cancer, and other health threats, including some to fetuses themselves. (chicagotribune.com)
  • A parent accepting a rubella vaccination derived from descendent cells is quite distinct from actively developing a COVID-19 vaccine using the fetal tissue of aborted children. (lifeissues.net)
  • In a tweet, he expressed sadness over the fact that "even with Covid-19 we are still debating the use of aborted fetal tissue for medical research. (wnd.com)
  • The pro-life group Children of God for Life, which promotes ethical vaccines, found that several of the top COVID-19 vaccine projects are using aborted fetal cells, LifeSiteNews said. (wnd.com)
  • But they note that some advocate the use of fetal tissue for COVID-19 vaccine research. (wnd.com)
  • Life Petitions has launched an online campaign urging President Trump to prevent the use of fetal tissue in COVID-19 vaccines. (wnd.com)
  • As reports emerge of a likely "second wave" of COVID-19 outbreaks expected this Fall, and with such outbreaks the possibility of extended or intermittent lockdowns through the end of the year , if not longer, the need and demand for a vaccine grows. (lifeissues.net)
  • Research is underway to develop a safe, effective vaccine for COVID-19 that would not utilize fetal tissue, or even descendant cells, in any way. (lifeissues.net)
  • 9. Goodman JL, Grabenstein JD, Braun MM. Answering key questions about COVID-19 vaccines. (cdc.gov)
  • email: [email protected] naVac (Sinovac Biotech, http://www.sinovac.com), 1 of 2 COVID-19 vaccines licensed in Thailand, has been widely administered to health care workers. (cdc.gov)
  • The MDHHS frequently asked questions document regarding COVID-19 vaccines now has a section explaining the use of fetal cell lines. (rtl.org)
  • In the case of Covid-19 vaccines, major religious denominations, institutions, and traditions have been 'essentially unanimous' in their support of Covid-19 vaccinations, according to the New York Times . (advisory.com)
  • Although some Roman Catholic leaders in the United States have derided the vaccines for their use of cell lines derived from fetal tissue, the Vatican's doctrine office has said it is 'morally acceptable' for Catholics to receive Covid-19 vaccines that were based on research using these types of cells. (advisory.com)
  • According to AP/Modern Healthcare , several public officials, physicians, and community leaders have also offered people assistance in pursuing religious exemptions against Covid-19 vaccine mandates. (advisory.com)
  • People who have already made up their minds are now looking for ways to continue to exempt themselves from the Covid vaccine,' Joshua Williams, a pediatrician and assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado , said. (advisory.com)
  • Should you mandate a Covid-19 vaccine for your staff? (advisory.com)
  • Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on December 16, 2020 (CNS Photo/Tom Tracy). (commonwealmagazine.org)
  • It might seem obvious that the benefits of a COVID vaccine outweigh any concerns about the use of "cell lines of illicit origin," as the bishops call them. (commonwealmagazine.org)
  • COVID-19 vaccines ay hindi naglalaman ng mga cells ng mga ipinalaglag na sanggol ," the Department of Health (DOH) said in a May 20 advisory that debunked Lynn Channel 's claim. (verafiles.org)
  • COVID-19 vaccines don't contain cells of aborted babies. (verafiles.org)
  • In the Philippines, vaccines made by biopharmaceutical companies Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca, Sinovac Biotech, and Gamaleya Research Institute are currently being used to inoculate people against COVID-19. (verafiles.org)
  • The blogger behind the FB page has a history of spreading disinformation , urging Filipinos not to believe in the COVID-19 pandemic and to not trust COVID-19 vaccines. (verafiles.org)
  • Learn the truth about the COVID-19 vaccines. (vcuhealth.org)
  • Does the COVID-19 vaccine alter your DNA? (vcuhealth.org)
  • The exceptional speed of COVID-19 vaccine development is due to years of prior research on other viruses, including coronaviruses such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). (vcuhealth.org)
  • Each COVID-19 vaccine candidate has had to meet these standards. (vcuhealth.org)
  • Myth: The COVID-19 vaccines contain a microchip that can track you. (vcuhealth.org)
  • The COVID-19 vaccines don't contain a microchip. (vcuhealth.org)
  • Microchips play no role in the development, testing or distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. (vcuhealth.org)
  • Myth: You can get COVID-19 from the vaccines. (vcuhealth.org)
  • No. You cannot get COVID-19 from any of the vaccines. (vcuhealth.org)
  • As with any medication, some people may experience an allergic reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine. (vcuhealth.org)
  • Roman Catholic leaders in St. Louis and New Orleans are advising Catholics that the COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson, newly approved for use in the U.S., is "morally compromised" because it is produced using a cell line derived from an aborted fetus. (lintelligencer.com)
  • Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine is made using a harmless cold virus, called an adenovirus, the same technology it used to produce a successful Ebola vaccine. (lintelligencer.com)
  • As Reformed Christians in the final months of 2021 continue to wrestle with whether getting a COVID-19 vaccine is a way to love our neighbors and whether we ought to obey the recent vaccine mandates of governments and employers, Presbyterians Protecting Life (PPL) sees this moment as an opportunity to further our mission to equip Presbyterians to champion human life at every stage. (ppl.org)
  • May we ethically use unethically sourced COVID vaccines? (ppl.org)
  • The claim made by some citizen journalists is that certain COVID-19 vaccines "contain cells from an aborted fetus. (cal-catholic.com)
  • One video headline stated: "CONFIRMED - aborted fetus in COVID-19 vaccine. (cal-catholic.com)
  • Vaccine makers using a fetal cell line in the development of their COVID-19 vaccines include AstraZeneca, Jansen Research and Development/Johnson & Johnson, CanSino Biologics, University of Pittsburgh, ImmunityBio and Altimmune. (cal-catholic.com)
  • As it happens, this includes all the currently available Covid-19 vaccines in the UK. (brephos.org)
  • We referred to a fantastic video that has been put out by the Canadian Covid Care Alliance that summarizes all the malfeasance and data manipulation and misinterpretation associated with the Pfizer vaccines and their clinical trials. (everydayconcerned.net)
  • Of course, the current issue at hand in this regard is over the issue of government mandates regarding the vaccines against COVID-19. (educatetruth.com)
  • There are those who believe that the vaccines against COVID-19 are very beneficial in the fight against the pandemic, but who oppose government mandates because of their infringement on personal liberty. (educatetruth.com)
  • There are those who believe that the vaccines against COVID-19 are very beneficial in the fight against the pandemic, but who are not in favor of government mandates because they are seen as counterproductive - that there are better ways to promote the general use of the vaccines. (educatetruth.com)
  • There are those who believe that the vaccines against COVID-19 are dangerous and poisonous - potentially more risky than the disease itself, and therefore the mandates to take such dangerous vaccines should be opposed on the basis of the concept of one's personal body being the "Temple of God" (1 Corinthians 6:19). (educatetruth.com)
  • By Sarah Quale - Despite Novavax's public statements that its COVID-19 vaccine does not have any connection to abortion-derived cell lines, evidence from a private letter and Novavax's own published study shows that the HEK293 aborted fetal cell line was used in the testing phase. (personhood.org)
  • After filing a request for emergency use authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. in January, Novavax, Inc., reports its protein-based vaccine does not have any connection to abortion-derived cell lines. (personhood.org)
  • No human fetal-derived cell lines or tissue, including HEK293 cells, are used in the development, manufacture, or production of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine candidate, NVX-CoV2373. (personhood.org)
  • In this same letter, Novavax also stated that "fetal-derived cell lines were not used in the manufacture, testing, or production of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine. (personhood.org)
  • If Novavax is interested in providing a COVID-19 vaccine "to a lot of people who have been hesitant to get other vaccines," as its CEO Stanley Erck has said , then why not just speak plainly to the public? (personhood.org)
  • For many people, COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy stems from the vaccines' connection to abortion. (personhood.org)
  • Given that the COVID-19 virus can involve serious health risks, it can be morally acceptable to receive a vaccine that uses abortion-derived cell lines if no other available vaccines comparable in safety and efficacy with no connection to abortion," the January guidance said. (sandiegouniontribune.com)
  • As such a climate prevails, a female Air Force officer has become the first to get an exemption from Covid vaccine mandate on religious grounds over the jab's connection to abortion . (greatgameindia.com)
  • The signatories described the use of fetal cell lines as "ethically problematic," and asked Hahn "not only ensure that Americans will have access to a COVID vaccine that is free of ethical concerns, but to encourage and incentivize pharmaceutical companies to use only ethical cell lines or processes for producing vaccines. (newsweek.com)
  • A scientist on the front lines of developing a vaccine for COVID-19 today was selected as the recipient of this year's Templeton Prize, an award recognizing his contributions to insight about religion through his work as a scientist. (catholicrecruitment.co.uk)
  • Now, Collins is overseeing the NIH's collaboration with several pharmaceutical companies and government agencies to develop a vaccine for COVID-19. (catholicrecruitment.co.uk)
  • Getting a COVID-19 vaccine is a safer and more dependable way to build immunity to COVID-19 than getting sick with COVID-19. (cdc.gov)
  • Getting a COVID-19 vaccine can provide added protection for people who already had COVID-19 . (cdc.gov)
  • The ingredients in COVID-19 vaccines are safe. (cdc.gov)
  • Nearly all the ingredients in COVID-19 vaccines are also ingredients in many foods - fats, sugars, and salts. (cdc.gov)
  • Learn more about what ingredients are and are not in Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and Novavax COVID-19 vaccines. (cdc.gov)
  • COVID-19 vaccines do not cause new variants. (cdc.gov)
  • COVID-19 vaccines do not create or cause variants of the virus that causes COVID-19. (cdc.gov)
  • COVID-19 vaccines do not contain microchips and they cannot make you magnetic. (cdc.gov)
  • COVID-19 vaccines are not administered to track your movement. (cdc.gov)
  • COVID-19 vaccines will not affect fertility. (cdc.gov)
  • Currently no evidence shows that any vaccines, including COVID-19 vaccines, cause fertility problems (problems trying to get pregnant) in women or men. (cdc.gov)
  • COVID-19 vaccines do not alter DNA. (cdc.gov)
  • COVID-19 vaccines do not change or interact with your DNA in any way. (cdc.gov)
  • Both messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein subunit COVID-19 vaccines work by delivering instructions (genetic material) to your cells to start building protection against the virus that causes COVID-19. (cdc.gov)
  • Learn more about how COVID-19 vaccines work . (cdc.gov)
  • Debi Vinnedge, the group's executive director, said her heart sank when she discovered that Spike protein, which is part of a vaccine being developed by Moderna, was produced using aborted fetal cells. (wnd.com)
  • Also, as a fancy-pants Ivy League-educated attorney, Cruz should know that he can't prosecute Planned Parenthood for facilitating women's donations of fetal tissue to medical research because that is legal. (wonkette.com)
  • But the current bill is gaining steam among legislators such as Stroebel because an anti-abortion group released videos of a California Planned Parenthood official discussing fetal tissue sales. (wuwm.com)
  • I've said it all along and will say it again: The antiabortion "sting" videos purporting to trap Planned Parenthood into admitting it harvests and sells aborted fetal parts for profit were as malicious as they were untrue. (latimes.com)
  • Asked to investigate Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, a branch of one of the country's most important healthcare providers for women, the grand jury found no wrongdoing on the part of the group, whose staffers were secretly videotaped talking about the cost of procuring fetal tissue for research. (latimes.com)
  • Planned Parenthood Federation of America and its allies in the media are attempting to deflect the scrutiny resulting from the Center for Medical Progress' series of videos exposing Planned Parenthood's gruesome trade of harvesting and peddling the organs and other vital tissue from aborted infants. (lifelegaldefensefoundation.org)
  • In their statements responding to the revelations from CMP's undercover videos, Planned Parenthood Federation President Cecile Richards and Vice President of Communications Eric Ferrero attempt to justify their criminal activity claiming that the research to be performed would be "life-saving" in nature. (lifelegaldefensefoundation.org)
  • While it is understandable under the circumstances that Planned Parenthood would like the public to focus on something other than its selling aborted infant tissue, we should be careful not to fall into the trap of allowing the discussion to shift to one about "life-saving" research, much less conceding that research using fetal tissue is in fact "saving lives. (lifelegaldefensefoundation.org)
  • One Planned Parenthood affiliate's tissue donation consent form tells vulnerable women: "Research using the blood from pregnant women and tissue that has been aborted has been used to treat and find a cure for such diseases as diabetes, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, cancer, and AIDS. (lifelegaldefensefoundation.org)
  • A quick review of the claims made by Planned Parenthood and its allies about the value of research using fetal tissue reveals that these claims are misleading, if not downright false. (lifelegaldefensefoundation.org)
  • The videos show Planned Parenthood officials discussing their collection of fetal tissues for private laboratories and the prices they charge for the service. (ctmirror.org)
  • Planned Parenthood says donation of fetal tissue to research centers is a standard medical practice and they have not benefitted financially from the practice. (ctmirror.org)
  • New Haven-based Planned Parenthood of Southern New England , which overseas clinics in Connecticut and Rhode Island, says it does not collect fetal tissues. (ctmirror.org)
  • The Vaccine Chart of the Sound Choice Pharmaceutical Institute (SCPI) lists dozens of vaccines and medical products that contain aborted fetal cell lines. (hli.org)
  • Do Vaccines Contain Aborted Fetal Cells? (truthsnitch.com)
  • Some people will argue emphatically and call you an idiot if you truly believe the "conspiracy theory" that vaccines contain aborted fetal cells. (truthsnitch.com)
  • It is therefore no surprise nor secret that the chickenpox vaccine has failed to live up to its promises. (greenmedinfo.com)
  • [1] Wouldn't an effective chickenpox vaccine result in the majority of varicella cases occurring in non-vaccinated persons ? (greenmedinfo.com)
  • Indeed, since the introduction of universal chickenpox vaccination in the US in 1995, the vaccine has been found to have only limited effectiveness, [2] with 1 in 5 children receiving the original vaccine experiencing "breakthrough" infections. (greenmedinfo.com)
  • Another glaring problem is the fact that the chickenpox vaccine itself is clearly a source of infection . (greenmedinfo.com)
  • The CDC states "Chickenpox vaccines contain weakened live VZV, which may cause latent (dormant) infection. (greenmedinfo.com)
  • Again Deb Vinnedge states that with the exception of chickenpox, moral alternatives are available for every other vaccine - derived from animal cell lines. (fli.org.nz)
  • Decades-old fetal cell lines are already used to make a number of common vaccines, including against chickenpox, shingles, Hepatitis A and Rubella. (newsweek.com)
  • Many contemporary vaccines - including measles, rubella and chickenpox - were developed using cells from an aborted boy and girl from the mid-1960s and are commonly used today, and in many states, people are not able to opt out of receiving them. (churchmilitant.com)
  • Research on spinal cord injuries and eyesight-robbing macular degeneration involves transplanting fetal cells into patients. (wonkette.com)
  • The government hopes to achieve herd immunity by November 2021 but supply problems, the slow rollout of the vaccines as well as hesitancy could derail this. (verafiles.org)
  • The White House announced that vaccines will be required for international travelers coming into the United States, with an effective date of November 8, 2021. (cdc.gov)
  • So while "further sources of fetal cells" are not needed to make those vaccines, as the products are prepared using descendent cells, which are not and never were part of an aborted child's body, they do, nonetheless, have a historical connection to aborted children. (lifeissues.net)
  • They pretended to be seeking sources of fetal tissue for medical research. (latimes.com)
  • Even with the recent Ebola virus scare, statements were made that foetal tissue was "absolutely critical" for the development of a vaccine. (fli.org.nz)
  • The new Ebola vaccine uses a monkey cell line, rendering fetal cell lines completely unnecessary. (lifelegaldefensefoundation.org)
  • WI-38 is a diploid human cell line composed of fibroblasts derived from lung tissue of a 3-month-gestation female fetus. (wikipedia.org)
  • For those who conduct medical research, it is important to remember that it is morally impermissible to directly cause the death of an embryo or fetus for medical research, just as impermissible as it would be to cause the death of a child already born. (lifeissues.net)
  • The NCBC, along with the Pontifical Academy for Life, have studied the moral issues surrounding vaccines and have determined that it is morally licit, and even morally responsible, for Catholics to use even those vaccines developed from aborted fetus cells. (ncregister.com)
  • The jabs developed by the four companies do not list fetal cell lines, fetus cells, or fetus tissue as ingredients. (verafiles.org)
  • the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are tainted because they used cell lines from an aborted fetus in their vaccine development and testing and even in their vaccine production. (ppl.org)
  • If the cells in your body are still you, then the cells in the petri dish are still that of the original fetus that was aborted. (cal-catholic.com)
  • Janssen Research & Development USA, a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, is meanwhile using PER.c6, a retinal cell line from a fetus aborted in 1985. (newsweek.com)
  • Even strongly anti-abortion institutions, such as some religious groups, permit the reception of vaccinations produced from descendent cells if there are no alternative vaccinations available and if forgoing the vaccination causes significant risk to health, either to one's own self, one's children, or the population at large. (lifeissues.net)
  • It stated that: "All clinically recommended vaccinations can be used with a clear conscience and that the use of such vaccines does not signify some sort of cooperation with voluntary abortion. (newsweek.com)
  • Two American pharmaceutical companies, Johnson & Johnson and Moderna, are incorporating aborted fetal cells into experimental vaccines, which - if successful - could entail mass-forced vaccinations. (churchmilitant.com)
  • And governments who have enacted mandates, passports, and vaccines need to be informed that they are causing harm. (everydayconcerned.net)
  • There are at least three groups of people, who oppose the current vaccine mandates, to consider here. (educatetruth.com)
  • Several vaccines already in wide use for other diseases, such as rubella, are "made by growing the viruses in fetal embryo fibroblast cells," which were "first obtained from elective termination of two pregnancies in the early 1960s. (lifeissues.net)
  • I have been involved with a couple of debates in which I presented the ethical case against vaccines which use the cell line HEK-293 derived from the kidney of an 'aborted' baby. (brephos.org)
  • The first , is this idea that in the case of this particular cell line, HEK-293…, we're talking about only a very "remote" connection with evil - it was just one abortion many decades ago. (brephos.org)
  • and the University of Pittsburgh are using the fetal kidney cell line HEK-293 for their research. (newsweek.com)
  • One of the basic methods used to create these 'weakened' vaccines is to serially passage the infectious agent through both and/or either animal and human biological fluids (e.g. bovine serum) and cells, giving the vaccine master seed stock an opportunity to become contaminated along the way with hidden disease vectors, including cancer-causing viruses. (greenmedinfo.com)
  • In a 2012 letter to Children of God for Life, PepsiCo stated that "Senomyx does not use HEK cells or any other tissues or cell lines derived from human embryos or babies for research performed on behalf of PepsiCo. (hli.org)
  • Probably the most widely known examples are vaccines which are tested or manufactured using cell lines derived from aborted fetal tissue. (emergingscholars.org)
  • Conversely, some opponents of abortion have indicated their opposition to using aborted fetal tissue in developing a vaccine for novel coronavirus. (lifeissues.net)
  • Development of an effective, safe and widely available vaccine for the novel coronavirus is deeply important, but its development should avoid unethical links to abortion, said pro-life leaders in a letter to the Trump administration. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • Currently, the vaccine lines for rubella, chicken pox and hepatitis A are the remaining vaccines that have been developed from aborted fetal cells and for which there is no alternative available. (ncregister.com)
  • In addition, Pope Francis has said it would be 'suicide' not to be vaccinated and that he has been fully vaccinated himself with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. (advisory.com)
  • Raines talks about how vaccines for dogs are required at least every three years, depending on the vaccine, particularly the rabies vaccine, referring to dog vaccines as the "immune systems of pets" being "artificially manipulated with the rabies vaccine time and again throughout their lives. (scienceblogs.com)
  • She then goes on a tear, claiming that strange dog behaviors after the rabies vaccine, specifically the "rabies miasm," behavioral changes claimed to mimic the symptoms of early rabies. (scienceblogs.com)
  • But research using fetal tissue has led to lifesaving advances , including development of vaccines for rubella and rabies and drugs to treat HIV. (chicagotribune.com)
  • One of the cell strains that Hayflick isolated, which he named WI-38, was found to be free of contaminating viruses, unlike the primary monkey kidney cells then in use for virus vaccine production. (wikipedia.org)
  • These advantages led to WI-38 quickly replacing primary monkey kidney cells for human virus vaccine production. (wikipedia.org)
  • To do this, they had to produce an army of never-tiring taste testers - that is, flavor receptors engineered from human embryonic kidney cells (HEK-293, a fetal kidney cell line popular in pharmaceutical research). (hli.org)
  • Even if no live HEK293 cells were used in the test (and the study focused only on a structural comparison of the two proteins, using what is generally known about the HEK293 protein), Novavax still relied on knowledge obtained by harvesting the kidney cells of a pre-born baby girl who was intentionally killed. (personhood.org)
  • Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) is kidney cells from an unlucky female cocker spaniel dog. (educate-yourself.org)
  • Ratajczak also says an additional increased spike in autism occurred in 1995 when chicken pox vaccine was grown in human fetal tissue. (blogspot.com)
  • This new review brings to the forefront a few critically important questions: are natural infectious challenges essential for establishing a healthy immune system, and is the chicken pox vaccine doing more harm than good? (greenmedinfo.com)
  • Vaccines such as AstraZeneca-Oxford use aborted fetal lines in design, development, production and testing, and therefore are not a morally valid option. (cal-catholic.com)
  • Researchers could still use cell lines and tissue obtained before this year in their quest to treat diseases. (wuwm.com)
  • This is incredibly important because these T cells are extremely important in fighting cancer, they're involved in aspects of HIV, they're important in inflammation in other immune diseases," Dr. Robert Golden said. (wuwm.com)
  • Lack of awareness of the seriousness of vaccine-preventable diseases, in large measure a result of the remarkably low incidences of these infections. (contemporarypediatrics.com)
  • Today, incidences of vaccine preventable diseases are at or near record lows. (contemporarypediatrics.com)
  • 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)
  • The cells carry the potential to cure neurological diseases, diabetes, and many other illnesses. (christianitytoday.com)
  • Even the CDC's Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases admits that "As vaccination rates have increased, the majority of varicella cases now occur among vaccinated persons. (greenmedinfo.com)
  • Human fetal cell lines in vaccine production have been linked to both autism and autoimmune diseases. (cal-catholic.com)
  • Fetal tissue has also been used to treat degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease, but clinical trials have produced mixed results, some of which are horrific. (lifelegaldefensefoundation.org)
  • Researchers use fetal tissue to understand cell biology and human development. (wonkette.com)
  • Abortion helped researchers develop a vaccine to reduce miscarriages, so women who want to have babies can do that. (wonkette.com)
  • WI-38 was invaluable to early researchers, especially those studying virology and immunology, since it was a readily available cell line of normal human tissue. (wikipedia.org)
  • Researchers in labs across the globe have since used WI-38 in their discoveries, most notably Hayflick in his development of human virus vaccines. (wikipedia.org)
  • Golden says if Wisconsin bans the use of fresh fetal tissue, researchers will flee the state taking with them millions of dollars in research grants. (wuwm.com)
  • Amid a global race to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus, pro-life advocates are warning of the use of the cells of aborted babies by researchers. (wnd.com)
  • Researchers may not cooperate in immoral actions, let alone provide tacit approval of such actions, by engaging in such research. (lifeissues.net)
  • If we wish to avoid the unhappy situation in which an effective - but morally illicit - vaccine has been developed by utilizing fetal tissue, with use of that vaccine perhaps even required by law, then moral responsibility demands researchers and ordinary citizens acting now to support valid means of producing the vaccine and indicating, now , that they will not cooperate with illicit medical care. (lifeissues.net)
  • Typical vaccine trials take a long time because thousands of people receive either a vaccine or a placebo, and researchers track who becomes infected in the course of their daily lives. (nature.com)
  • Bush promised in January to review a Clinton administration rule that allowed federal funding for researchers experimenting on embryo cells from fertility clinics. (christianitytoday.com)
  • The rule circumvented a 1995 congressional ban on using federal money for biomedical research on embryos outside the womb by allowing researchers to use stem cells extracted by a third party. (christianitytoday.com)
  • Researchers value the cells for their ability to replicate quickly and turn into any kind of human tissue. (christianitytoday.com)
  • The prolife lobby also received help from Do No Harm, a coalition of researchers, bioethicists, and doctors who spearheaded a nationwide petition urging Bush to oppose destructive human embryonic stem-cell research. (christianitytoday.com)
  • The groups argue that rather than waste embryos that will be destroyed along with their stem cells, researchers should use them to help save those whose lives are being cut short by disease. (christianitytoday.com)
  • At the same time, we do not want to implicitly tell future researchers that the ends of biomedical research justify the means of neglecting consent. (emergingscholars.org)
  • In what was supposed to be some sort of "bombshell," antiabortion crusaders claimed that Nucatola admitted harvesting aborted fetal parts, changing abortion procedures to accommodate the harvesting of aborted fetal parts, then illegally selling the aborted fetal parts to medical researchers. (latimes.com)
  • Some researchers have experimented with neural stem cells to treat spinal cord injuries. (latimes.com)
  • Researchers were after lung tissue. (brephos.org)
  • At the same time, they urged the federal government to "ensure that fundamental moral principles are followed in the development of such vaccines, most importantly, the principle that human life is sacred and should never be exploited. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • 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)
  • Dr. Marie Hilliard is a canon lawyer and the director of bioethics and public policy at the National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC), a nonprofit research and educational institute committed to applying the moral teachings of the Catholic Church to ethical issues arising in health care and the life sciences. (ncregister.com)
  • She adds that utilising moral sources accomplishes the same result as using harvested foetal tissue to the extent that there is not one single use of aborted foetal tissue or cells that has not been accomplished using moral sources as well. (fli.org.nz)
  • As far as I can tell from my own research and moral interest, the Pfizer vaccine is not a true vaccine as we come to understand it like Chicken Pox vaccines where ennervated CP is introduced to the body in order to raise its natural defenses. (cal-catholic.com)
  • Whether or not the company's handling of fetal tissue is legal or moral, whether or not the tissue had a tragic origin, at least it can be used for good, they say. (lifelegaldefensefoundation.org)
  • Duca acknowledged "moral concerns" about the newly approved vaccine. (sandiegouniontribune.com)
  • Time magazine reports industrial powerhouses such as Johnson & Johnson, Sanofi and Glaxo SmithKline are working on a vaccine but may not have one ready until next year. (wnd.com)
  • LifeSiteNews reported a vaccine developer owned by Johnson & Johnson is using technology derived from an aborted baby's retinal tissue. (wnd.com)
  • The Johnson & Johnson/Janssen coronavirus vaccine utilizes cell lines taken from an aborted baby in production. (rtl.org)
  • Right to Life of Michigan is asking people receiving the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccine to inform us if they were not given proper informed consent involving the use fetal tissue in vaccine development-either verbally or in written documentation-as well as contact the MDHHS's Division of Immunization at (517) 335-8159. (rtl.org)
  • In its statement late last week, it stopped short of advising Catholics not to take the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, but adds that Catholics should choose coronavirus vaccines made by Moderna or Pfizer - if they are available. (lintelligencer.com)
  • The Archdiocese of St. Louis on Tuesday encouraged Catholics to seek out the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines and avoid the Johnson & Johnson version if possible. (lintelligencer.com)
  • Like the New Orleans archdiocese statement, the St. Louis statement called the Johnson & Johnson vaccine "morally compromised. (lintelligencer.com)
  • While not disputing the church officials' contention that an abortion-derived cell line is used in the production, Johnson & Johnson issued a statement Tuesday stressing that there is no fetal tissue in its vaccine. (lintelligencer.com)
  • The Archdiocese of New Orleans posted its statement Friday, the day before the Food and Drug Administration cleared the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for use in the U.S. (lintelligencer.com)
  • I don't read his statement as completely telling people who are Catholic or otherwise not to avail themselves of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine," said Edwards. (lintelligencer.com)
  • But, he added "if for any reasonable circumstance you are only able to receive the vaccine from Johnson & Johnson, you should feel free to do so for your safety and for the common good. (sandiegouniontribune.com)
  • The letter's signers "strongly support" vaccine development "as quickly as possible. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • We are aware that, among the dozens of vaccines currently in development, some are being produced using old cell lines that were created from the cells of aborted babies," signatories said. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • The letter encouraged other vaccine development that uses cell lines not linked to these "unethical procedures and methods. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • These are in development by companies like Sanofi, Pasteur, and Inovio, they added, while also noting the work of the Iowa-based John Paul II Medical Research Institute. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • The language in the bill states vaccine recipients "shall be provided with information or informed if and in what manner the development of the vaccine utilized aborted fetal tissue or human embryonic stem cell derivation lines. (rtl.org)
  • Momentum is building to speed the development of coronavirus vaccines by intentionally infecting healthy, young volunteers with the virus. (nature.com)
  • Food and beverages do not contain any aborted fetal material but may be tastier because of the nature of the research done in their development. (hli.org)
  • The merge does not seem to have stopped the use of aborted fetal cells in development. (hli.org)
  • The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops said in a January statement that "abortion-derived" cell lines were used to test the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines but not in their development or production. (lintelligencer.com)
  • When cells are obtained with informed consent and in a manner that does not harm the donor, there is no ethical dilemma for their use in the development, testing, and production of vaccines or in other ways that would have the potential to save or significantly improve the life of someone else. (ppl.org)
  • Development of vaccines and Basic biology research. (fli.org.nz)
  • Again, you'd have to read the whole fact checking article to see that fetal cell lines are indeed used in the development of some of these vaccines, and the "false" label is based on some technical detail or specificity of the verbiage. (cal-catholic.com)
  • Fact checkers' claim that fetal cells are not used in vaccine development because they are clones of the original is perhaps the most ludicrous. (cal-catholic.com)
  • Some defenders of fetal tissue research, such as Vox.com's Sarah Kliff and microbiologist Nathalia Holt, draw attention to the role of fetal tissue in the development of vaccines. (lifelegaldefensefoundation.org)
  • In June 2019, President Donald Trump ended federal funding for fetal tissue research, and now Democrats are slamming the administration, claiming it slows down the development of a potentially life-saving vaccine. (churchmilitant.com)
  • It blocks important future research vital to the development of new therapies. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Like other arenaviruses, Lassa virus lacks a ogy and clinical presentation, treatment, prevention conventional negative-strand coding arrangement and control as well as the current theories of its patho- and the isolates of the virus differ in their genetic, genesis and efforts in vaccine development. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
  • In a survey of parents conducted in 2003, 31% agreed that it is painful for children to get many shots during a single doctor visit, 24% said they believed that the ingredients in vaccines are unsafe, 21% said they believed that vaccines are not sufficiently tested for safety, and 17% expressed concern that vaccines may cause learning disabilities. (contemporarypediatrics.com)
  • These people have clearly never bothered to read the list of ingredients printed in the vaccine package inserts . (truthsnitch.com)
  • Nor have they visited the CDC website where aborted fetal cells are listed in the ingredients list s of various vaccines. (truthsnitch.com)
  • If you'll notice in the list of vaccine ingredients above, the vaccines that are currently in use today are all derived from two fetal cell strains: WI-38 and MRC-5. (truthsnitch.com)
  • Exact vaccine ingredients vary by manufacturer. (cdc.gov)
  • After the body produces an immune response, it gets rid of all the vaccine ingredients just as it would get rid of any information that cells no longer need. (cdc.gov)
  • Although the two cell lines Holt mentions are still in use, the Centers for Disease Control asserts that no new lines are needed. (lifelegaldefensefoundation.org)
  • In the early 1960s, Hayflick and his colleague Paul Moorhead at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania discovered that when normal human cells were stored in a freezer, the cells remembered the doubling level at which they were stored and, when reconstituted, began to divide from that level to roughly 50 total doublings (for cells derived from fetal tissue). (wikipedia.org)
  • The Vatican group concluded that it is both morally permissible and morally responsible for Catholics to use these vaccines. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • The document goes on to say that Catholics should express their opposition to vaccines developed from aborted cells and that there is an obligation to use alternative vaccines, should they exist. (ncregister.com)
  • The USCCB's statement faced an immediate blowback in some pro-life circles, and several bishops signed an open letter lamenting that "the acceptance of these vaccines by Catholics, on the grounds that they involve only a 'remote, passive and material cooperation' with evil, would play into the hands of the Church's enemies and weaken her as the last stronghold against the evil of abortion. (commonwealmagazine.org)
  • However, the St. Louis statement stressed that Catholics can get that vaccine "in good conscience if no other alternative is available. (lintelligencer.com)
  • It is unsurprising, thus, that several lawmakers have urged Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to "waive the restrictions on research with human fetal tissue" and to allow the National Institute of Health to "utilize human fetal tissue" in coronavirus research. (lifeissues.net)
  • They cited the case of Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc, which has a "substantial contract" from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and is working on a vaccine produced using "ethically problematic cell lines. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • Notably, the few attempted transplants of aborted fetal tissue have made most patients worse, not better. (wnd.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)
  • However, the success of fetal tissue transplants has been meager at best, and ethically-derived alternatives exist and are coming to dominate the field. (lozierinstitute.org)
  • The first recorded fetal tissue transplants were in 1921 in the UK, in a failed attempt to treat Addison's disease, [1] and in 1928 in Italy, in a failed attempt to treat cancer. (lozierinstitute.org)
  • That attempt also failed, as did subsequent similar fetal tissue transplants in 1959. (lozierinstitute.org)
  • Between 1970 and 1991 approximately 1,500 people received fetal pancreatic tissue transplants in attempts to treat diabetes, mostly in the former Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China. (lozierinstitute.org)
  • [3] Today, patients take insulin shots and pharmaceuticals to control their diabetes, and adult stem cell transplants have shown success at ameliorating the condition. (lozierinstitute.org)
  • [8] Subsequent reports showed that severe problems developed from fetal tissue transplants. (lozierinstitute.org)
  • A second large, controlled study published in 2003 showed similar results (funded by NIH), with over half of the patients developing potentially disabling tremors caused by the fetal brain tissue transplants. (lozierinstitute.org)
  • [12] The results of these two large studies led to a moratorium on fetal tissue transplants for Parkinson's. (lozierinstitute.org)
  • The Charlotte Lozier Institute's "History of Fetal Tissue Research and Transplants" makes this clear. (lifelegaldefensefoundation.org)
  • The petition argues scientists in Japan for years have ethically produced reliable vaccines from animal cell lines. (wnd.com)
  • Scientists weren't starting their research from scratch. (vcuhealth.org)
  • And with various experimental and potentially unethical technologies and the ability of scientists to manipulate cells and even subcellular structures, those of us who affirm God's sovereignty over all life are confronted with difficult and complex questions such as whether to take these unethically sourced vaccines. (ppl.org)
  • The request came after the Trump administration said it would ban the use of human fetal tissue in scientific and medical research by government scientists, in a decision one stem-cell biologist told Nature would "set back research. (newsweek.com)
  • David Prentice, vice president and research director at the anti-abortion Charlotte Lozier Institute, and associate scholar Dr. James Sherley wrote in a piece on the organization's website that regardless of their individual views, policymakers, healthcare officials, scientists, vaccine creators and funders should consider that the potential ethical dilemma may be a barrier for accessing the vaccine for some. (newsweek.com)
  • In order to make a vaccine, scientists must be able to grow the bacteria or virus they wish to create a vaccine for. (truthsnitch.com)
  • Maybe someone you know was prescribed Zoastavax, a shingles vaccine, at an annual physical. (hli.org)
  • However, as regards common vaccines, such as those for chicken pox and measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR), that may be derived from cell lines of aborted babies, the Vatican said they could be used by parents for "grave reasons" such as danger to their children's health. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • Lansing, MI - The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has begun implementing a provision requiring informed consent for coronavirus vaccines developed using cell lines taken from aborted babies. (rtl.org)
  • Research involving aborted babies is an ongoing ethical concern, so people have a right to know if a medicine they are taking involved purposefully taking human life. (rtl.org)
  • Moderna and Pfizer do not use cell lines taken from aborted babies to produce doses, but used cells lines to test their vaccines. (rtl.org)
  • The two cell lines from aborted babies being used in coronavirus vaccine research are HEK-293, taken from the kidney of a healthy baby aborted sometime around 1972, and PER.C6, taken from the retina of a healthy baby aborted at 18 weeks in 1985. (rtl.org)
  • can you get stem cells from aborted babies is important information accompanied by photo and HD pictures sourced from all websites in the world. (babytickers.net)
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  • Here in the UK, the Cardiff Fetal Tissue Bank has been collecting organs for research purposes from babies electively aborted. (brephos.org)
  • I would like to know if…would be prepared to take a vaccine made with the fetal cell line WALVAX-2, for which nine human babies were dissected in 2015, in China? (brephos.org)
  • Why are aborted babies needed to produce these vaccines? (truthsnitch.com)
  • While many vaccines are created using the tissue of various animals (cows, monkeys, chickens to name a few) and animal products (such as eggs), the use of tissue from aborted babies is superior for a number of reasons. (truthsnitch.com)
  • However, the most important advantage to using tissue from aborted babies is that fetal cells can go through many more divisions than other cells before they die. (truthsnitch.com)
  • Let's get acquainted with the two aborted babies that the vaccines we inject our children with are grown on. (truthsnitch.com)
  • Before we continue, let's take a minute to see what a 15 week old baby (the average age of the aborted babies used to create these fetal strains) looks like in utero. (truthsnitch.com)
  • And here we come to the next misleading argument that is posited to rationalize or justify the use of aborted babies in the production of vaccines. (truthsnitch.com)
  • Our vaccines come from "only" two aborted babies. (truthsnitch.com)
  • The fight over medical research using tissue from aborted babies reached intense levels in the past two years, as David Daleiden went undercover to expose Planned Parenthood's business practice of profiting from these sales, often without even informing the mother. (churchmilitant.com)
  • Testing was conducted to compare the structural integrity of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein produced in the Sf9 insect cells versus the spike protein produced in the mammalian human embryonic kidney HEK 293F cells. (personhood.org)
  • Others at the hearing likened medical research on fetal tissue to experiments Nazis conducted on humans. (wuwm.com)
  • The Family Research Council, Focus on the Family, Concerned Women for America, the National Right to Life Committee and the Catholic Alliance had all stepped up pressure on Bush, arguing that federal funding would condone the destruction of human lives in the name of medical research. (christianitytoday.com)
  • that using the cells, tissue and body parts of an unborn child is advantageous to medical research? (fli.org.nz)
  • The Susan B. Anthony List, a group that works to elect lawmakers opposed to abortion, said in a statement that taxpayer funding ought to go to promoting alternatives to using fetal tissue in medical research. (chicagotribune.com)
  • STEM CELL RESEARCH is a very controversial topic in today's time. (ipl.org)
  • Stem cell research is not worth supporting. (ipl.org)
  • 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)
  • In recent years, several competing viewpoints have emerged about embryonic stem cell research. (ipl.org)
  • People who believe that an embryo should not be destroyed tend to say that embryonic stem cell research should not be conducted. (ipl.org)
  • 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)
  • Bush's announcement grieved patients' groups and many in the scientific and medical communities who believe embryonic stem-cell research could provide a cure for millions. (christianitytoday.com)
  • A report published by the nonpartisan Center for Public Integrity (CPI) quoted a National Institutes of Health official who said that "the fledgling stem-cell industry would profit tremendously from federal funding that would cover embryonic stem-cell research. (christianitytoday.com)
  • Biotechnology companies specializing in stem-cell research stand to reap huge financial windfalls from successful therapies developed via this science," said the CPI report. (christianitytoday.com)
  • Today, fetal tissue is still making an impact, with clinical trials underway using cells from fetal tissue to treat conditions including Parkinson's disease, ALS, and spinal cord injury," said Doug Melton, co-director of Harvard's Stem Cell Institute and president of the International Society for Stem Cell Research. (chicagotribune.com)
  • This paper gives an Islamic perspective on some of these advances, including abortion, in vitro fertilization, genetic engineering, cloning and stem cell research. (who.int)