When Barry Goudy found out he had multiple sclerosis he feared the worst. Doctors told him he might lose his eye sight and the ability to walk. As a very active husband, father and hockey coach, Barry couldn’t think of anything worse than losing his ability to get around. But then he learned of a new way to treat MS with a stem cell transplant. The transplant worked and today he’s living proof of the miracles that can come from Adult Stem Cell Research.
This clip is based on an interview with Gabi and follows him through his daily physical therapy routine in Qingdao, China. He discusses receiving umbilical cord stem cells in China for his spinal cord injury and the hope he holds for others with similar injuries.
Options for collection and storage of baby’s umbilical cord blood at birth. This comprehensive, unbiased video describes choices for collection of umbilical cord blood for donation to public cord blood banks as well as for family use through commercial umbilical cord blood storage banks. This video will help you understand what stem cells are and what are the potential uses for umbilical cord stem cells in the treatment of human diseases. The video also discusses potential uses of mesenchymal cells derived from the umbilical cord and the potential to store a portion of the baby’s umbilical cord at birth. Please go to mdMedia.com for more information. Video Rating: 5 / 5
President Bush Discusses Stem Cell Research Policy / Video. Creative Commons license: Public Domain. Description: George Bush Discusses Stem Cell Research Policy Date: 7/19/2006 Length: 15.42 minutes Political Video Link: www.politicalvideo.org Link: www.whitehouse.gov THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. Congress has just passed and sent to my desk two bills concerning the use of stem cells in biomedical research. These bills illustrate both the promise and perils we face in the age of biotechnology. In this new era, our challenge is to harness the power of science to ease human suffering without sanctioning the practices that violate the dignity of human life. (Applause.) In 2001, I spoke to the American people and set forth a new policy on stem cell research that struck a balance between the needs of science and the demands of conscience. When I took office, there was no federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research. Under the policy I announced five years ago, my administration became the first to make federal funds available for this research, yet only on embryonic stem cell lines derived from embryos that had already been destroyed. My administration has made available more than million for research on these lines. This policy has allowed important research to go forward without using taxpayer funds to encourage the further deliberate destruction of human embryos. One of the bills Congress has passed builds on the progress we have made over the last five …
This video reviews the benefits of cord blood stem cells and the differences between cord blood stem cells and embryonic or adult stem cells. Cord blood stem cells have been used as a treatment for thousands of patients, while embryonic stem cells have never been used as a treatment in humans. For a free information kit, click here www.cordblood.com
This video presents the Catholic Church’s teaching on human life as it relates to adult and embryonic stem cell research — courtesy of the Michigan Catholic Conference. Please visit www.aodonline.org for more information. There are two different types of stem cell research — adult and embryonic. Adult stem-cell research is ethical, because it does not harm the human embryo, and is proven — as more than 70 different medical conditions are being treated with adult stem cells — whereas embryonic stem-cell research is unproven as no cures or treatments have been identified. Also, embryonic stem-cell research is immoral as it leads to human cloning and necessitates the destruction of the human embryo to extract its stem cells — a profound violation of human life. The Catholic Church supports adult stem cell research and encourages the faithful to do likewise. The Catholic Church supports stem-cell research and therapy utilizing stem cells harvested from adults and umbilical-cord blood. The Church opposes embryonic-stem cell research because the human embryo is destroyed to harvest the stem cells. While embryonic stem-cell research has received considerable publicity and the endorsement of some high-profile celebrities, it is adult stem cell research that has so far yielded the best results. Adult stem-cell research is currently treating more than 70 medical conditions in human patients, including several types of cancer, Parkinson’s disease, sickle-cell anemia, Type I …