Category Archives: Stem Cell Research

Carter Covers: ALS Challenge I have been challenged but I would like the donations from this video to support the research for curing ALS to go to the John Paul II Medical Research Institute because I do not think that... By: Carter Nelson … Continue reading →

Ice Bucket Challenge Kills Babies According To Religious Nut PROVIDED BY http://CNNNEXT.COM The stunt has become an Internet sensation, with participants including movie stars, pop singers and politicians, as well as a wide range of others. It has also... By: giovanni betances … Continue reading →

American Chronicles 7:14 Embryonic Stem Cell Research Bro Thom, a simple unprofitable servant of The Lord Jesus Christ, pleads with all of those who call themselves Christians to humble themselves, pray, seek God's face and turn from their wicked... By: whatthingssoever … Continue reading →

Memes A general discussion of memes and a specific discussion of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Check out our house for sale: (Yes, really!) http://bit.ly/ItsForSale Donate to end ALS: (Gleason... By: trint99 … Continue reading →

ALS Ice bucket challange Another bucket over the head, but emphasis on not using stem cell research from fetuses. By: Kristie Inman … Continue reading →

BERNADETTE MARCINIAK/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Little Ferry Mayor Mauro Raguseo, center, taking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge with Councilwoman Peggy Steinhilber and summer recreation Director Alex Berberich. The Newark Archdiocese has told North Jersey pastors and Catholic school officials that holding Ice Bucket Challenges, a wildly popular fad that has raised millions of dollars to combat a crippling illness, conflicts with church teachings by funding embryonic stem-cell research. The warning was issued Thursday in a letter from a church official and with the blessing of Archbishop John J. Myers. It said some of the research funded by the ALS Association, which receives much of the money from the Ice Bucket Challenge, involves embryonic stem-cell research, which is opposed by the Catholic Church because of conflicts with its antiabortion mission. The challenge involves dumping ice water on participants heads and donating money for research into ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrigs disease. The Rev. Lawrence Fama, director of the archdiocesan Office of Respect Life, called the challenge a stunt that can be fun and engaging, but questioned whether the practice conflicts with Catholic moral teaching. Newark is one of just a few dioceses across the nationthat have issued advisories … Continue reading →

Johns Hopkins stem cell biologists have found a way to reprogram a patient's skin cells into cells that mimic and display many biological features of a rare genetic disorder called familial dysautonomia. The process requires growing the skin cells in a bath of proteins and chemical additives while turning on a gene to produce neural crest cells, which give rise to several adult cell types. The researchers say their work substantially expedites the creation of neural crest cells from any patient with a neural crest-related disorder, a tool that lets physicians and scientists study each patient's disorder at the cellular level. Previously, the same research team produced customized neural crest cells by first reprogramming patient skin cells into induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, which are similar to embryonic stem cells in their ability to become any of a broad array of cell types. "Now we can circumvent the iPS cells step, saving seven to nine months of time and labor and producing neural crest cells that are more similar to the familial dysautonomia patients' cells," says Gabsang Lee, Ph.D., an assistant professor of neurology at the Institute for Cell Engineering and the study's senior author. A summary of the study … Continue reading →

BERNADETTE MARCINIAK/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Little Ferry Mayor Mauro Raguseo, center, taking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge with Councilwoman Peggy Steinhilber and summer recreation Director Alex Berberich. The Newark Archdiocese has told North Jersey pastors and Catholic school officials that holding Ice Bucket Challenges, a wildly popular fad that has raised millions of dollars to combat a crippling illness, conflicts with church teachings by funding embryonic stem-cell research. The warning was issued Thursday in a letter from a church official and with the blessing of Archbishop John J. Myers. It said some of the research funded by the ALS Association, which receives much of the money from the Ice Bucket Challenge, involves embryonic stem-cell research, which is opposed by the Catholic Church because of conflicts with its antiabortion mission. The challenge involves dumping ice water on participants heads and donating money for research into ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrigs disease. The Rev. Lawrence Fama, director of the archdiocesan Office of Respect Life, called the challenge a stunt that can be fun and engaging, but questioned whether the practice conflicts with Catholic moral teaching. Newark is one of just a few dioceses across the nationthat have issued advisories … Continue reading →

The Archdiocese of St. Louis is urging those who take part in the popular ice bucket challenge that raises funds to fight Lou Gehrig's disease to shift their donations away from the ALS Association to a group that doesn't support embryonic cell research. A statement issued by the Respect Life Apostolate of the Archdiocese says: There is nothing immoral about raising awareness for diseases and ethical research towards curing diseases; there is no reason Catholics can't participate. The key, however, is to ensure that donations from participation are being utilized to support morally licit research. The archdiocese suggests instead donating to the John Paul II Medical Research Institute, an organization conducting similar research using only adult stem cells. Chicago ALS Association development director Mary Ilene Blondell says a very small part of ALS Association funding goes to embryonic stem cell research. The ALS Association said it's raised more than $53 million as participants take a bucket of ice water and drench themselves. Read the rest here: Archdiocese wants ice bucket funds sent to different group … Continue reading →

Nikki Spangler ice bucket challenge I did the als ice bucket challenge but instead donated to Team Gleason because they don't do stem cell research. I nominate my favorite nascar driver Kasey Kahne! By: Nikki Spangler … Continue reading →