Stem cell therapy that works

Reported in the Age, today.

But note, not embryonic stem cell therapy, which has produced nothing of therapeutic value but involved the killing of many human beings.

Stem cells that work

This report in today's Sydney Morning Herald has some seriously promising results on the use of stem cells to help repair the hearts of sick human beings.

Note, however, that the stem cells concerned are taken from adults. They are not embryonic stem cells; they come from the bone marrow of the patients with the heart problems.

For all the hoop-la and over-hype surrounding embryonic stem-cells, there have been no similar research breakthroughs with the cells taken from unborn babies (which also, up until now, has involved the death of those babies).

In the paper

Because of being in the Religion Report I got mentioned by Gerard Henderson in the Sydney Morning Herald as a critic of George Pell.

However on the two big issues for which Big George is currently in the spotlight—human cloning and the right of anyone (religious or not) to speak out on public issues—I am with him 100%.

It's really good that the Roman Catholic church has such a strong public position on embryonic stem cells, and I wish other denominations and people from other religions would make their voices heard on this too.

Act today if you live in NSW

If you live in NSW, today (not tomorrow but today) would be a good day to e-mail and ask individual members of the Upper House of NSW Parliament to block legislation on embryonic stem-cell research that would allow therapeutic cloning.

Today is the day the legislation is being introduced into the legislative council (ie the Upper House.

Find the e-mail addresses of the members here.

To get on top of the issues, look here.