May 10, 2001 Baby May Save Mother's Life: First Ever Newborn-to-Mother Transplant Gives Mom Best Mother's Day Gift San Bruno, CA -- A toddler in Florida may be giving her mom the best mother's day gift ever -- the gift of life. Doctors at one of the nation's leading...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 27, 2001 DO NO HARM: The Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics EMBRYONIC STEM CELL STUDY REPLICATES ADULT STEM CELL ADVANCES ACHIEVED OVER A YEAR AGO A report in today’s issue of Science magazine reports on one of the very few...
The Politics of Stem Cells Posted 3-21-01 The Good News You Never Hear. by Wesley J. Smith Stem cells are undifferentiated “master cells” in the body that can develop into differentiated tissues, such as bone, muscle, nerve, or skin. Stem cell research may...
Parkinson's Stem Cell Implants Yield Nightmarish Side Effects Gina Kolata/ NY Times A study that attempted to treat Parkinson's disease by implanting cells from aborted fetuses into patients' brains not only failed to show an overall benefit but also revealed a...
Parkinson's Stem Cell Implants Yield Nightmarish Side Effects Gina Kolata/ NY Times A study that attempted to treat Parkinson's disease by implanting cells from aborted fetuses into patients' brains not only failed to show an overall benefit but also revealed a...
Umbilical Cords Could Repair Brains By DANIEL Q. HANEY The Associated Press February 19, 20001 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Cells taken from umbilical cords after birth may offer a vast source of material - free of the ethical concerns of fetal tissue - for repairing...
From Ophthalmology Times - February 15, 2001 Issue Transplanted Stem Cells May Aid AMD Patients by Laura Newman Reviewed by Michael J. Young, PhD (Figure courtesy of Michael J. Young, PhD) Investigators hope that animal research - such as with these adult rat...
Human Embryo Research: Where We've Been, Where We Should Go By Richard M. Doerflinger Washington, DC -- President George W. Bush spent an impressive first weekday in office. On January 22, Mr. Bush issued a statement of support to March for Life attendees and...
Adult Stem Cell Bank Offers Ethical Alternative January 04, 2001 London, England -- A Roman Catholic medical institution in Rome is launching a placenta and umbilical cord bank, to provide stem cells for medical purposes -- an ethical alternative to killing unborn...
Bush Position on Stem Cell Research Reiterated January 4, 2000 Associated Press Washington, DC -- A spokesman for pro-life President-elect George W. Bush reiterated Bush's pro-life stance on the issue of stem cell research using stem cells from unborn children. Press...
Doctors Hope to Pump New Life Into Old Hearts By Daniel Q. Haney, Associated Press November 13, 2000 New Orleans - Doctors may soon be able to rejuvenate weakly pumping hearts by creating brand new muscle and blood vessels fashioned from cells scavenged elsewhere in...
New Research on Adult Stem Cells Source: Los Angeles Times; November 6, 2000 Adult Tissue Can Yield Stem Cells, Researchers Say... New Orleans -- Stem cells, which promise treatments for currently incurable brain ailments and spinal cord injuries, may be far easier...
Limitless Supply of Stem Cells Come From Body Fat Source: Reuters Health; October 18, 2000 New York, NY -- In the midst of the debate over whether stem cells should be harvested from embryos, researchers have found what could be a ``limitless'' stem-cell supply--the...
Catholic Medical Association 159 Washington Street, Suite 3 Boston, Massachusetts 02135 Tel: (617)782-3356 FAX: (617)782-3362 E-Mail: info@cathmed.org From the Catholic Medical Association Meeting 2000 in Pittsburgh, Pa. October 5 - 8, 2000 Resolution 3 Whereas, many...
Washington Times on Stem Cell Research Source: Washington Times; September 14, 2000 As one of the last memorials to his presidency, President Clinton is promoting the destruction of human embryos for scientific purposes. Yes, there was controversy, he admitted at a...
Statement From the Vatican (September 1, 2000) POPE JOHN PAUL II: "The legal norm in particular is called to define the juridical status of the embryo as a subject of rights, recognizing it as a biologically irrefutable fact which in itself calls for values that...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 28, 2000 Contact: Gene Tarne/Michelle Powers (703) 684-8352 (Do No Harm) NIH GUIDELINES MISLEADING ON ADULT STEM CELLS NIH unaware or indifferent to adult stem cell research advances In Guidelines issued 8/23/00 for Research Using Human...
U.S. to Issue New Rules for Research on Embryo Cells By Rick Weiss Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, August 23, 2000; Page A01 Stepping into a politically delicate issue that has pitted antiabortion activists against ailing patients, the Clinton administration...
News Release From For Immediate Release 23 August 2000 Contact: Sean M. Spicer (202) 225-5074 sean.spicer@mail.house.gov Burton Critical of Vaccine Approval Process A House Government Reform Committee staff report published this week criticized the FDA and the CDC...
Life Issues Forum Science and Morality: No Conflict by Richard M. Doerflinger August 18, 2000 This April, many thousands of Americans heard or saw congressional testimony by Hollywood personality Christopher Reeve on stem cell research. Speaking from his electric...
Bone Marrow Stem Cells May Provide Source of Nerve Cells For Brain Repair USF Study Finds PR Newswire 08/01/00, 10:43a (Copyright © 2000, PR Newswire) Tampa, Fla., Aug 1, 2000 Cells deep within the bone may one day yield a readily available source of neurons to...
