Embryonic Stem Cells
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4/12/2007 | Embryonic Stem Cells
Senate Passes Embryonic Stem Cell Research Bill
The Washington Post
For the second time in nine months, the Senate today passed a bill that would loosen President Bush's restrictions on human embryonic stem cell research, but once again falling short of the 67 votes needed to override a promised veto. The Senate voted 63 to 34 to pass the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, which would allow federally funded studies of stem cells isolated from embryos slated for destruction at fertility clinics.
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Rev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource NetworkLen Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy CouncilColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom RingBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryDr. David Prentice, Senior Fellow, Family Research CouncilChristopher Slattery, Founder and President, EMC Frontline Pregnancy CentersDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com4/11/2007 | Embryonic Stem Cells
Diabetics Cured by Stem-cell Treatment
Times On Line
Diabetics using stem-cell therapy have been able to stop taking insulin injections for the first time, after their bodies started to produce the hormone naturally again. In a breakthrough trial, 15 young patients with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes were given drugs to suppress their immune systems followed by transfusions of stem cells drawn from their own blood.
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Rev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource NetworkLen Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy CouncilColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom RingBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryDr. David Prentice, Senior Fellow, Family Research CouncilChristopher Slattery, Founder and President, EMC Frontline Pregnancy CentersDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com4/9/2007 | Embryonic Stem Cells
GOP Stem-cell Bill Threatens Liberal Rival
The Washington Times
The White House's endorsement last week of a Republican-crafted stem-cell research bill that its authors say doesn't promote the destruction of embryos could doom a more liberal version for the second consecutive year. The Democratic bill, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, proposed to expand funding for researching all new lines of human embryonic stem cells, regardless of their age. Proponents say the Nevada Democrat's bill could jump-start research that potentially could save millions of lives, while critics say it's an unethical and immoral use of government money.
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Rev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource NetworkLen Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy CouncilColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom RingBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryDr. David Prentice, Senior Fellow, Family Research CouncilChristopher Slattery, Founder and President, EMC Frontline Pregnancy CentersDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com4/2/2007 | Embryonic Stem Cells
British Team Grows Human Heart Valve From Stem Cells
The Guardian
A British research team led by the world's leading heart surgeon has grown part of a human heart from stem cells for the first time. If animal trials scheduled for later this year prove successful, replacement tissue could be used in transplants for the hundreds of thousands of people suffering from heart disease within three years. Sir Magdi Yacoub, a professor of cardiac surgery at Imperial College London, has worked on ways to tackle the shortage of donated hearts for transplant for more than a decade. His team at the heart science centre at Harefield hospital have grown tissue that works in the same way as the valves in human hearts, a significant step towards the goal of growing whole replacement hearts from stem cells.
Recommended Guests:
Rev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource NetworkLen Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy CouncilColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom RingBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryDr. David Prentice, Senior Fellow, Family Research CouncilChristopher Slattery, Founder and President, EMC Frontline Pregnancy CentersDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com2/28/2007 | Embryonic Stem Cells
Bush Stem-cell Policy Attacked
The Washington Times
A Republican congressman will try to repeal President Bush's policy on embryonic stem-cell research when the House Energy and Commerce committee considers a bill to reauthorize the National Institutes of Health budget. Rep. Charles Bass, New Hampshire Republican, will offer a proposal to repeal the policy Mr. Bush outlined in an August 2001 speech.
Recommended Guests:
Rev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource NetworkLen Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy CouncilColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom RingBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryDr. David Prentice, Senior Fellow, Family Research CouncilChristopher Slattery, Founder and President, EMC Frontline Pregnancy CentersDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com