DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Thursday, November 22, 2007

Scientists report they can create stem cells from human skin

No need for embryos?

Two research teams reported Nov. 20 that they have turned human skin cells into stem cells with properties similar to embryonic stem cells. It is unclear yet whether the skin cells will, in the end, prove to have the same versatility claimed for embryonic stem cells, but the discovery has been hailed as significant.

Read this article here: California Catholic Daily

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"In Cordibus Jesu et Mariae"