September 2009

Stem Cell Research Goes Green

Recycling. Renewable Resources. Sustainability. We know these words well. But when it comes to human sustainability and health, we have a largely untapped resource that is proving to be more valuable than we might dare to imagine. Fittingly, it comes to us from our very first lifeline: the umbilical cord. Umbilical cord blood is already [...]

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No Brakes

Remember those quaint old days when biotechnologists told us that ‘all’ they wanted to effectuate embryonic stem cell research (ESCR) was merely access to leftover in vitro fertilization (IVF) embryos ‘that were going to be tossed out anyway?’ Actually, I misspeak. Those days might have been quaint but they definitely aren’t old. Human embryonic stem [...]

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Dying Man’s Life Saved: Adult Stem Cells & Mechanical Heart

After being in the hospital for four months and suffering at least two heart attacks, Ioannis Manolopoulos was operated on by a team led by Dr. Stephen Westaby from Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital. Manolopoulos received the mechanical heart along with his own adult stem cells as part of a worlds first procedure. His stem cells [...]

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In vitro fertilization risks in the spotlight as Carolyn Savage speaks out on embryo mixup

As more is talked about the horrible embryo mix-up of Carolyn and Sean Savage, one particular physician speaks out against IVF technologies. Dr. Sami David, who was involved in the first IVF baby in New York City back in 1983 has gone on record stating this: Frankly, I stayed true to my training, which was: [...]

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A Bulwark Against Barbarism

Never before have the ethical lines we draw in the sand been so important. Today we are on the edge of creating a new landscape of how we view and treat human beings, for we now have technology to create human life for experimentation. This scientific power is developing against a backdrop of a cultural [...]

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CIRM adds Egg Compensation to Agenda

NEWS ALERT: California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has added to their agenda for their meetings tomorrow and Friday 9/16-17 compensation to donors for their eggs. They will have a presentation by Robert Klitzman, M.D. on the”New York State Science Stem Cell Policy on Donor Compensation”. Klitzman serves on the Empire State Stem Cell Board. [...]

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It’s Only Just Begun

Last April we reminded you that CBC has been working quietly, but diligently, behind the scenes to produce a film that would expose the truth about the worldwide human cloning agenda. Our documentary, Lines that Divide: The Great Stem Cell Debate is finished! It has been shown at theaters, at the National Press Club in [...]

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Ovarian stem cells in mice make eggs

Big breakthrough on created eggs out of ovarian stem cells in mice. If this translates to human applications, it could ease the egg donation worries, help infertile women but create new problems such as make mass creation of human embryos possible, open the floodgates of SCNT – cloning research, and also create more post-menopausal mothers. [...]

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