Vatican supports Adult Stem Cell researchMsgr. Tomasz TrafnyPontifical Council for CultureWe need to understand that science is not only lab work but also concrete clinical trial that brings hope to those who are infected by degenerative diseases That's a part of what this Vatican-sponsored conference that focused on adult stem cell research aimed to shed light on.The real-life results of the research in practice.Sharon PorterPatient cured through Adult Stem Cell TherapyIn 2008, I underwent a stem cell transplant, whereupon I was given chemotherapy to wipe out my faulty immune system and then it was rebooted with a transplant of my body's own blood cells. I am now three years post-transplant. There was a dramatic improvement of my condition. My lung function has returned to normal and my mobility has improved also. My quality of life is back to normal. There has since been no disease progression, my life has been given back to me.Robin Smith President of Stem for Life Foundation and CEO of NeostemSharon Porter had scleroderma really changed her life. She could hardly breathe or take care of her children. She had an adult stem cell therapy her own stem cells. It has changed her life. She is back to where she was before she got the disease. So it is just incredible to see what our own bodies stem cells can do and by taking them doing the research and understanding how they can be put back into you to treat different diseases. I think we have an incredible shift in medicine towards using cell therapies.The three-day meeting showed the true colors of the discussions. Promoting research that doesn't destroy human lives with the help of the Church.Msgr. Tomasz TrafnyPontifical Council for CultureThe Church could be an ideal reality for those who promote research and for those who are really interested in developing new paths, because the Church is very deeply involved in socio-medical activity.Msgr. Tomasz TrafnyPontifical Council for CultureStem cell research has two main ways in which it was and it should be handled, first of course there is a basic research, very dynamic and important and sometimes people are confused and don't understand what this research is about, and the second, of course, stem cell research raises some ethical and moral concerns when it is related to embryonic stem cell research. This is the classical perception of stem cell investigation, while we wanted to extend the discussion to cultural impact. So, not only to think and to talk about bioethics, but also about philosophical, theological and cultural implications: how this investigation could really impact society in the next 20 or 30 years. Robin Smith President of Stem for Life Foundation and CEO of NeostemIt is an incredibly exciting time to bring together different nations, different political leaders, and different religious leaders. To help us take adult stem cell therapy into the public. To educate society to advance peoples understand of the potential to chance culture to change life and decrease human suffering using adult stem cells.The conference gathered some of the top researchers in the world. They presented their findings on research done with stem cells taken from umbilical cords, bone marrow and other, non-embryonic sources. Some proposed that the future of medicine is in cells, not pills.Consequently, there was no lack of calls made for a greater awareness to adult stem cell research in public policy.TOMMY THOMPSONThere's a better way, and that's called Adult Stem cells, to be able to be used to treat chronic illness, whether it be diabetes, whether it be hearts, which is the biggest cause of death in the world, or whether it be some of the cancers, that's the answer and I'm here to tell you - and that's why I'm optimistic - Democrats and Republicans alike and a few atheists thrown in are already talking about the opportunity of using a solution and looking for that solution. We have the solution, collectively and if we start talking about it, I think we can get the body of politics to start adopting it, and that's why I'm optimistic.Tommy ThompsonFormer U.S. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesI want them to bring all of this together and put the kind of resources that we already are doing - but it's in a scattered way - in a unified way and put it into an institute at the National Institute of Health and be able to use the resources that we have in America to really be able to put regenerative medicine into the forefront for therapies and for new breakthroughs of disease control.Robin Smith President of Stem for Life Foundation and CEO of NeostemI think it is really important to get congress to get different political leaders like Obama to understand adult stem cells to support them. If the resources and actions can be towards getting the research into the clinic, together we can unite to get a more impactful societal outcome of decreasing human suffering by getting these therapies into the clinic.

Vatican supports Adult Stem Cell researchMsgr. Tomasz TrafnyPontifical Council for CultureWe need to understand that science is not only lab work but also concrete clinical trial that brings hope to...leggi tutto