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For Right to Life

Daily News

Friday, September 19, 2008

Adult stem-cell research makes progress in disease treatment

 

Positive news on adult stem-cell research was sent from California recently, and now good news comes from Boston.

 

For years, many scientists claimed that medical research must be done on human embryos, or tiny human beings, which are then destroyed. Now word has come from Boston on adult stem-cell work that does not involve human embryos and that shows tremendous progress in developing treatments for diseases ranging from Down syndrome to diabetes to Parkinson's disease.

 

Dr. David Stevens of the Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA) says the cells are not ready to be used for treatment yet. "Scientists are working on this right now," Stevens contends. "They're predicting that, within a year or two, they'll solve that problem, and we could see treatments within five years that could radically change the course of diseases for patients with some very serious, lifelong, chronic problems."

 

Dr. George Q. Daley of Boston's Children's Hospital told LifeNews.com that these adult stem cells are disease-specific and "offer an unprecedented opportunity to recapitulate both normal and pathologic human tissue formation in vitro, thereby enabling disease investigation and drug development."

 

Stevens was asked how many cures or treatments have been developed from human embryo research. "Zero," he says. "Embryonic stem-cell research just continues to be very difficult to make all the dreams that scientists had even come close to reality."

 

Contact: Charlie Butts

Source: OneNewsNow

Source URL: http://www.OneNewsNow.com

Publish Date: September 19, 2008

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The IFRL is the largest grassroots pro-life organization in Illinois. A non-profit organization, that serves as the state coordinating body for local pro-life chapters representing thousands of Illinois citizens working to restore respect for all human life in our society. The IFRL is composed of people of different political persuasions, various faiths and diverse economic, social and ethnic backgrounds. Since 1973 the Illinois Federation for Right to Life has been working to end abortion and restore legal protection to those members of the human family who are threatened by abortion, infanticide and euthanasia. Diverse though we are, we hold one common belief - that every human being has an inalienable right to life that is precious and must be protected. IFRL is dedicated to restoring the right to life to the unborn, and protection for the disabled and the elderly.   Click here to learn more about the IFRL.