Survey shows Michigan residents oppose cloning and killing human embryos

A public opinion poll of 500 likely voters taken in April shows that residents of Michigan are overwhelmingly opposed to measures that would legalize the killing of human embryos for their stem cells and the cloning of human embryos. Of those surveyed, 70 percent didn’t “support stem cell research that kills the human embryo so the stem cells can be removed” and 65 percent said they would vote no “on a proposal that would eliminate Michigan’s ban on the cloning of human embryos.” The survey also showed the majority of those surveyed would be worried about the future if the cloning of human embryos is allowed.

Prolife people understand it is wrong to kill one group of human beings in the vague hope of treating another group of human beings. Fortunately, research using adult stem cells and stem cells from umbilical cord blood has shown us that we don’t need to kill human embryos to obtain useful stem cells. Below are some recent breakthroughs in life-affirming forms of stem cell research which don’t require the killing of human embryos. For more information on stem cell research, please visit www.stemcellresearchcures.com.

On April 11, 2007, the Associated Press reported on a study to be published in the Journal of the American Medical Association which showed juvenile diabetes had been successfully treated in 13 of 15 patients. In the study, which took place in Brazil, patients were given transplants of their own adult stem cells after chemotherapy was used to stop the patient's immune system from attacking cells which produce insulin. The adult stem cells then rebuilt their immune systems so the immune systems would no longer kill the body's insulin producing cells.

On March 27, 2007, the United Kingdom's Daily Mail shared the story of how researchers have used adult stem cells from the hip bones of patient and then injected those cells into the liver of patients with liver cancer. This allowed the patients' livers to grow so they could remove the cancerous part of their livers.

On March 26, 2007, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported on a study where heart attack patients who received transplants of adult stem cells from donors recovered better than patients who did not receive the transplants.

On March 20, 2007, the Australian Broadcasting Company discussed the research of Australian scientists who used one stem cell from a patient's healthy eye to grow a group of stem cells which replaced the damaged cornea of his other eye.

On January 7, 2007, Newsweek reported researchers from Wake Forest University have found that stem cells found in amniotic fluid can be turned into a variety of cell types, survive for long periods of time and don't cause tumors.

For more information, visit www.stemcellresearchcures.com.