Gene Edited Pig Heart Successfully Transplanted
In a ground-breaking first, researchers and surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center have successfully transplanted a gene-edited pig heart into a dying man. For the heart to not be rejected once transplanted, 10 separate genes were deleted or added using CRISPR, earning the donor animal the nickname of a “10 gene pig”. Over 100,000 patients are awaiting an organ transplant at any given time, and about 20 of them die each day. This …
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COVID 19 Vaccine Mandate – Ethics Update
Dr. Robert Malone changed the world in 1989 when he became the father of the mRNA vaccine platform technology at the famous Salk Institute. While not inventing the COVID mRNA vaccines, a 2015 article in Gene affirms that Malone invented the idea and method used to transfer mRNA into mammalian cells.
Dr. Malone has joined with 17,000 international medical colleagues to oppose COVID-19 vaccine mandates, in accordance with the Nuremburg Code and the Belmont Principles …
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Position on Vaccine Mandate
Nebraska Coalition for Ethical Research (NCER) opposes any government mandate imposing COVID-19 vaccination for the following reasons:
1) While some people have discerned it is ethically permissible for them to receive the COVID vaccine, the conscience rights of those who object to receiving one because of its use of cell lines remotely descended from aborted fetal tissue in the creation, production, or testing of the vaccine must be respected.
2) The bioethical principles of beneficence,
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Oct
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Growing Humans in Labratories – Abandoning 14 Day Rule
NCER Commentary:
ALARMING news: The “14 Day Rule” was established by the medical research community as the cutoff for growing human embryos in test tubes because this is the earliest development of the brain and spinal cord which would put the embryo at risk of suffering pain. But as of this week, the International Society for Stem Cell Research has decided that human embryos can now be grown in the lab without restrictions
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May
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Another distressing first in scientific research
NCER Update
by: Carol Szczepaniak
Date:5-12-21
Mammalian embryos have been grown outside of a womb. The implications are chilling.
For the first time in Developmental Biology, a mammalian (mouse) embryo has been observed as it developed through half of its gestation period (11 weeks) while outside a natural womb. Using an intricate artificial placenta that provided oxygen and controlled atmospheric pressure, researchers in Israel successfully documented the formation of germ layers (ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm), …
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New versions of “Pandora’s” Ethics box keep being opened
NCER Update
by: Carol Szczepaniak
Date:5-12-21
An international research team from China and the US has made history by successfully injecting human stem cells into macaque monkey embryos, and growing them in the lab for 20 days. This kind of creation is referred to as a chimera, named after a Greek mythological monster, because it is the blending of DNA from distinctly different species. The hypothetical goal is to gain understanding of and new …
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May
May
Alzheimer’s: Mouse study may have uncovered drug that can prevent the disease
NCER Comments: One in 14 people over the age of 65 have Alzheimer’s disease. This translates to 5.7 M in the US alone. There is no cure, only drug therapies that may lose their efficacy within months. Plaques are sticky deposits that build up in the brain and prevent communication between brain cells, leading to cognitive impairment. But three new protein, antibody and drug breakthroughs are on the cusp of changing everything.
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Apr
Apr
2020 Was a Breakout Year for Crispr
NCER Comments: Sickle Cell Anemia is a heritable disease that 1 in every 13 Black or African American babies possess when born. Red blood cells are abnormally shaped, so are unable to carry oxygen needed for all tissues and organs to survive. The average lifespan is only 40 years, but a new development using the CRISPR gene editing tool looks like a true cure.
SCIENCE
2020 Was a Breakout
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Apr
Apr
Breakthrough discovery could turn cancer into a treatable disease
NCER Comments:
Cancer is the #2 killer in the US, with over 600,000 patients dying annually. Presently, there is no cure BUT… an old drug is being used in a new way to halt cancer from metastasis; and a new cancer vaccine is close to human trials.
Professor Michael Lisanti and Professor Federica Sotgia have made a discovery that could turn cancer into a treatable disease and …
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Apr
Apr
Stem Cell Therapy: A Potential Crohn’s Disease Breakthrough?
NCER Comments: Inherited chronic inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract is referred to as Crohn’s disease. Drug therapy only scratches the surface of the pain it inflicts. However, there is new hope! Researchers have used the patients own stem cells to substantially reduced symptoms.
Louis A. Cona, MD
Medical Director | DVC Stem
Stem cell therapy may be a viable new treatment option for Crohn’s Disease. Studies have shown that stem cells may be able …
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