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January 22, 2010

Embryonic stem-cell research: Leading scientist says life has full moral value from conception

Professor William Reville has called for human embryonic life to be protected, saying that “the deliberate killing of human embryos harms the respect for human life that we intuitively form around our coming into existence and may encourage a more general erosion of respect for life.”

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January 15, 2010

Ethical stem-cell treatment restores sight

Russell Turnbull, 38, suffered massive damage to his right eye when he was caught in a scuffle after a night out in Newcastle in 1994. On the bus home, Turnbull had tried to intervene in a fight between two men but was injured when one of them began squirting passengers with ammonia, according...

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January 8, 2010

YD welcomes poll opposing embryo destruction; calls on government to act

Youth Defence has welcomed the result of a Millward Brown IMS poll which found that a large majority support legal protection fro embryonic human beings. The poll asked a sample of 943 people aged 18-plus: "Do you think the Dáil should enshrine the protection of the human embryo in law or not?"...

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October 28, 2009

Aborted Baby cell lines used in skin cream

Children of God for Life announced today that Neocutis, a bio-pharmaceutical company focused on dermatology and skin care, is using aborted fetal cell lines to produce several of their anti-aging skin creams.

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October 23, 2009

Trinity College Dublin to draft code on embryonic stem cell research?

A report in today’s Irish Times (23 October 2009) has claimed that Trinity College Dublin is to introduce a code of practice which allows for embryonic stem cell research – despite widespread opposition to the practice.

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August 27, 2009

YD welcomes Cardinal Seán Brady condemnation of embryo research

Youth Defence has welcomes Cardinal Brady’s condemnation of embryonic stem cell research. Speaking during Mass in St John’s Cathedral in Limerick, the Cardinal said that “to plunder human life at its genesis, without respect for its inherent dignity reflects the very moral attitude which has put...

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June 8, 2009

Adult stem cell therapy breakthrough in genetic disorder treatment

A landmark study has married gene therapy with ethical adult stem cell technology in a breakthrough which may be used to successfully treat a genetic disorder, in the Petri dish at least.

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May 20, 2009

Grandmother makes medical history

A grandmother has made medical history as the world's oldest ever stem cell donor, to save her younger brother's life. High dose chemotherapy had impaired his body's ability to produce blood cells, and he would have died without stem cell therapy. Doctors searched the national database of...

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