Catholic Fire

Terry, Elizabeth and Mary Lobato pose with the Pontifical Hero Award on April 11, 2013. Credit: Stephen Driscoll/CNA. Another endorsement for adult stem cell therapy: Here's the story from CNA : A girl whose bones used to break every two months was awarded for her courage in successfully battling her disease during a stem cell research conference at the Vatican. “It feels amazing to win an award like this,” said Elizabeth Lobato, who was given the Pontifical Hero Award April 11 at the Second International Adult Stem Cell Conference in Vatican City. “I heard I was the first to get this award from Rome and that’s awesome,” said the 14-year-old in an interview with CNA. Elizabeth was diagnosed with osteogenesis imperfecta, commonly known as brittle bone disease, when she was just 10 months old. People affected by illness – which is caused by a genetic defect – often suffer from muscle weakness, hearing loss, loose joints, curved bones, scoliosis, brittle teeth and sh...

April 9, 2013. (Romereports.com) The results on adult stem cell research and therapy are still not widely known, and will become a focus on the upcoming conference on regenerative medicine at the New Synod Hall in the Vatican. Among the topics, will be the latest findings and testimony on researcher's work to repair tissues damaged by multiple sclerosis, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. DR. ROBIN SMITH President, Stem for Life Foundation “These cells come from all of us. They're in your teeth, in your fat, in your bone marrow. They come from the umbilical chord and the placenta, that's an adult stem cell therapy. So the idea is that you can get these cells without having to destroy a fetus.” She highlights there are currently there are 4,300 clinical trials for adult stem cell research, as opposed to 26 for embryonic cells. The conference, from April 11-13, is also set to highlight the Catholic Church's active participation in adult stem cell research a...

Even as Barack Obama prepares to reward his liberal university friends by opening public coffers to fund new labs fronted by futile and morally bereft human embryo experimentation comes this news from Germany, as reported by the Wall Street Journal and Reuters: The startling case of an Aids patient who was cured after undergoing a bone marrow transplant to treat leukemia is stirring new hope that researchers might someday find a cure for Aids. The patient, a 42-year-old American living in Berlin, is still recovering from his leukemia therapy, but he appears to have won his battle with Aids. Doctors have not been able to detect the virus in his blood for more than 600 days, despite his having ceased all conventional Aids medication. Normally when a patient stops taking Aids drugs, the virus stampedes through the body within weeks, or days. "I was very surprised," said the doctor, Gero Hütter. Read the entire story. ~ Via Jill Stanek.