Video: Adult Stem Cell vs Embryonic Destructive Stem Cell Research

Stem Cell Research: Beyond Hype, Real Hope by the Family Research Council



This public domain film is consistent with the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, which state that the ablation of the inner cell mass (ICM) of the blastocyst, which critically and irremediably damages the human embryo, curtailing its development, is a gravely immoral act and consequently is gravely illicit.

Should we use embryonic stem cells or adult stem cells for future medical therapies?

Embryonic stem cells are taken from a developing embryo at the blastocyst stage, destroying the embryo, a developing human life. Adult stem cells, on the other hand, are found in all tissues of the growing human being and, according to latest reports, also have the potential to transform themselves into practically all other cell types, or revert to being stem cells with greater reproductive capacity.

Embryonic stem cells have not yet been used for even one therapy, while adult stem cells have already been successfully used in numerous patients, including for cardiac infarction (death of some of the heart tissue). Stem cells are of wide interest for medicine, because they have the potential, under suitable conditions, to develop into almost all of the different types of cells. They should therefore be able to repair damaged or defective tissues (for example, destroyed insulin-producing cells in the pancreas). Many of the so-called degenerative diseases, for which there are as yet no effective therapies, could then be alleviated or healed.

~ Via Rosary Films.

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Comments

  1. Food for thought!

    If there was so much potential in embryonic stem cell research, you know there would be tons of private money available for this. People with money know that there has been no cures after over 20 years of research, they will not throw their money away on a hopeless cause. That is why scientists need public money. Where is the money coming from for adult stem cells recearch? Private funds.... You know satin is in there somewhere!

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