PER C6 & HEK-293

by Editor | Aug 20, 2025

PER C6 & HEK-293 HEK (human embryonic kidney) 293 – the number of aborted fetal experiments prior to establishing the cell line. HEK 293 is used to deliver the lentivirus gene in Dr Yamanaka’s adult skin cell reprogramming, as a cell line and reagent for testing...

Moderna Does Not Use HEK-293 Fetal Cell Line in Ongoing Quality Control or Lot Testing

by Stacy Trasancos | Mar 4, 2021 | Abortion, News, Vaccines

Repeatedly, I raised the question about the use of HEK-293 fetal cell line in ongoing quality control testing for the mRNA vaccines.* Both Pfizer and Moderna describe the use of this fetal cell line that originated with an aborted child in their in vitro pre-clinical...

COVID-19 Vaccine and HEK293: Testing and Production are Ethically Equal

by Stacy Trasancos | Jan 7, 2021 | Abortion, News, Vaccines

The phrase “confirmatory testing” has been invoked as the basis for the ethical consideration of the three lead COVID-19 vaccines, Moderna, Pfizer, and AstraZeneca. Moderna and Pfizer are considered more morally permissible because their connection to abortion is very...

The Use of Fetal Cell lines in Medications

by Editor | Aug 18, 2025

The Use of Fetal Cell Lines in Medications 21,000 prescription medicines are licensed and approved for use in the U.S. and a similar number of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines.  The number is growing and technology is advancing.  As we stated on the previous page, it...

Voice Your Complaints

by Editor | Jun 19, 2025

Voice Your Complaints Let The Pharmaceutical Companies Know How You Feel! At a recent meeting to continue to advance our mission to obtain Ethical Alternatives, we were speaking about the 20th Anniversary of the Pontifical Academy Document. When that Document was...