Posted on 10/15/2014 4:02:10 PM PDT by NYer
The Obama Administration has chosen to back Ebola vaccines made using cell lines cultivated from aborted babies, despite the fact that the government itself acknowledged that moral alternatives could also be used, according to a pro-life organization that specializes in advocating for morally produced vaccines.
Children of God for Life says it has discovered that several Ebola vaccines in development for use worldwide are being made using the aborted fetal cell lines.
The proof of the use of the controversial cell lines in the manufacture of the vaccines is found in the patents.
According to the patents, Glaxo SmithKline (GSK) and NIAID are jointly developing their ChAd3 vector for delivering the Ebola virus gene using HEK-293 (human embryonic kidney) cells.
The HEK-293 cell line was created in the early 1970s, and was cultivated from the kidney of baby that was aborted in The Netherlands.
Likewise, NewLink Genetics of Iowa used HEK-293 cells for their VSV-EBOV Ebola vaccine in Canada, while Johnson and Johnson/Crucell developed theirs using PER C6 cells, derived from retinal tissue of an 18 week gestation aborted baby.
Human tests using the NewLink vaccine began on human volunteers in the U.S. on Monday.
"There is absolutely no reason to use aborted fetal cell lines," stated Debi Vinnedge, Director of Children of God for Life.
In a letter to the Department of HHS, the NIH, the FDA and NIAID, Vinnedge points out that the US Department of Health has itself listed other viable options to using the embryonic cell lines, such as yeast, insect, plant, bacteria, CHO, BHK, heLa and COS cells.
The DoH patent states: "The attenuated [ebola] virus can replicate well in a cell line that lacks interferon functions, such as Vero cells."
"At least two other Ebola vaccines in development by the University of Texas and GeoVax are using either Vero cells or chicken eggs,” said Vinnedge. “Likewise, therapeutic products such as ZMapp (LeafBio) and TKM-Ebola (Tekmira) are using plant or Vero cells"
"It is completely irresponsible of this Administration to put these problem vaccines on fast-track for approval and ignore the fact that a massive number of people may very well refuse them,” added Vinnedge. “Why not fast track a product that everyone can use in good conscience?"
Children of God for Life is urging the public to contact US government agencies and their members of Congress requesting that they expedite the morally acceptable alternatives.
Contact:
Sylvia M. Burwell, Secretary
Dept of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue
Washington, DC 20201
Dr Francis S. Collins, Director
National Institutes of Health
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892
Dr Anthony Fauci, Director
NIAID Office of Communications and Government Relations
5601 Fishers Lane, MSC 9806
Bethesda, MD 20892-9806
Margaret A. Hamburg, Commissioner
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
10903 New Hampshire Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20993
Why the outrage?
Embryonic cells have been used in many high-end French beauty products that are sold all over the world.
Embryonic stem cells are used in many vaccines, even those that some FReepers claim should be mandatory for the common good.
Give that man a prize. Correct you are.
$100 a dose per vaccine X 330M Americans == $33B profit for someone.
My family will gush blood from every pore. I’d rather we see Jesus painfully sooner than seeing that very soul standing next to Him not smiling when I later make it before His Presence.
The Democrat male house candidate, Foust, running against the female Republican candidate in a northern Virginia race is attacking Barbara Comstock (R) for her voting against fetal stem cell research authorization bill when she was in the VA house of delegates. Of course no mention is made that there has been dozens of good events from adult stem cells and so far, despite millions of dollars, nothing from fetal stem cells.
And she is “anti-woman” because she: In 2011, Comstock voted in favor of HB 462, which required women to have ultrasounds before receiving an abortion.
Are those ‘embryonic’ or adult stem cells? I’ve heard of dozens of good uses from adult stem cells, but embryonic stem cells has reportedly been a bust.
**Obama Admin backing Ebola vaccines using aborted baby cell lines**
I can’t find the words to say.
Embryonic stem cells don’t work.
ADULT stem calls DO work!
Ghouls.
I was being facetious because Chinese fetuses have been exported to France to be used in the beauty industry for years, and no one has complained, especially not the users of these products.
I’ve complained about it.
They just found his temple in the Mideast...temple of Baal.
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