trials - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 25 Feb 2013 04:05:46 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg trials - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Catholics and Muslims say adult stem cell success is ignored https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/02/26/catholics-and-muslims-say-adult-stem-cell-success-is-ignored/ Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:30:25 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=39987 Catholic and Muslim scholars have pointed out that success in adult stem cell research is being underplayed in favour of more controversial work using cells from embryos because of the "aggressive secularism" or "personal investment" of researchers. Worldwide there have been three clinical trials using embryonic cells, derived from embryos discarded during in vitro fertilisation Read more

Catholics and Muslims say adult stem cell success is ignored... Read more]]> Catholic and Muslim scholars have pointed out that success in adult stem cell research is being underplayed in favour of more controversial work using cells from embryos because of the "aggressive secularism" or "personal investment" of researchers.

Worldwide there have been three clinical trials using embryonic cells, derived from embryos discarded during in vitro fertilisation treatment, and none using adult cells.

A spokesman for the Islamic Medical Association UK said he was astonished that many people did not know about the "high success rate" of adult stem cell technology.

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