Posted on 01/21/2009 8:44:44 AM PST by GonzoII
WASHINGTON (Catholic Online) - A Spanish woman made medical history recently by receiving a new windpipe which had been grown from her own stem cells. The announcement has brought tremendous excitement among the pro-life as well as medical communities. The former group cited this as additional evidence that adult stem cell research, which is in complete accord with catholic social teaching, is producing real results.
Claudia Castillo is a 30 year-old mother from Barcelona, Spain with a collapsed trachea, due to tuberculosis, that left her unable to breathe. Using a graft from a donor that was imbued with stem cells from the woman’s bone marrow, doctors were able to fashion a new organ that replaced her existing windpipe last June.
After only four months of recovery she was able to climb two flights of stairs, and even go dancing. She also is able to look after her children – another activity that were previously impossible.
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