75 New Reasons

March 8, 2007

DoNoHarm: The Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics (stemcellresearch.org) has just posted a PDF entitled “75 New Reasons to Reconsider the Alleged Need for Stem Cell Research that Destroys Human Embryos.” It is a catalog of recent advances in adult stem cell research and other alternatives to embryonic stem cell research published since June of last year. Here’s a sample:

OVERALL SUCCESS

• “Adult cells are behind much of stem cell success so far,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 2, 2006, www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=489953&format=print
• “Review: Ex Vivo Engineering of Living Tissues with Adult Stem Cells,” Tissue Engineering, October, 2006 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=17064229

ADULT STEM CELL VERSATILITY

• “Adult stem cells are touchy-feely, need environmental clues,” EurekAlert, August 24, 2006 www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-08/uop-uop082306.php
• “Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Mouse Embryonic and Adult Fibroblast Cultures by Defined Factors,” Cell, August 25, 2006 www.cell.com/content/article/abstract?uid=PIIS0092867406009767&highlight=Yamanaka
• “Adult Stem Cells Can Become Muscle,” The Daily Californian, November 1, 2006 http://dailycal.org/printable.php?id=22084
• “U of MN adult stem cell research shows promise for transplant therapies,” EurekAlert, January 15, 2007, www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-01/uom-uom011207.php

Other categories are:

• Stem Cell Sources
• Cord Blood
• Bone/Cartilage
• Brain Damage
• Cancer
• Diabetes
• Eye
• Heart
• Immune System (Multiple Sclerosis, Lupus, etc.)
• Kidney/Liver
• Muscular Dystrophy
• Parkinson’s Disease
• Spinal Cord
• Wounds/Burns

75 items. June 2006 through February 2007. None involve the destruction of human embryos.