Posted on 11/02/2001 1:14:30 PM PST by Brian Kopp DPM
2-Nov-2001 -- EWTN Pro-Family News A NEW SMALLPOX VACCINE FROM ABORTIONS?(EWTNews) - The Washington Post announced the award of a contract for the development of a new smallpox vaccine to Oravax/Acambis Corporation. The proposal presented to the CDC and FDA would encompass using "human fibroblasts." In checking the proposed ingredients through the CDC it was found that they intend to use aborted fetal cell line MRC-5 as the cell substrate for growing the virus. The CDC report also stated that other established animal substrates such as chick embryo, (used in Rabies vaccine) Vero Cell Lines and FRHL-2 Cell lines were viable alternatives as well. The FDA stated that they have verified the reports, but also indicated they would most likely use more than one manufacturer and no final decisions have been made. We do know that testing has already begun using MRC-5 in Phase 1 trials. Says Debi Vinnedge, spokesperson for the Children of God for Life, a Pro-Life outreach source. For over 30 years, our country has been quietly producing vaccines from human cell lines derived from abortion. There are six commonly used vaccines: Polio, Rabies, Mumps, Rubella (MMR), Chickenpox and Hepatitis-A all of which were propagated from the lung tissue of two aborted babies, one male, one female. Of these, three have NO ALTERNATIVE SOURCE: Rubella (MMR-Measles, Mumps, Rubella), Chickenpox and Hepatitis-A. It is not that the pharmaceutical companies had to use aborted children as their source; they simply opted to do so. The United Kingdom was successful in obtaining alternatives for both Rubella and Hepatitis-A, but these products are not available in the United States and unless there is a market, there is little incentive for the pharmaceutical companies to respond. "Immediate action is needed now!" states Debi. "We do not want our families being forced by the government to use a critical vaccine that is derived from aborted fetal tissue." If there is an epidemic or national crisis, you will NOT be able to use religious exemptions. Please express your concern. Ask that the policy makers consider the moral consciences of hundreds of thousands of Americans who have already voiced their objection to the currently used vaccines derived from aborted fetal tissue. Catholic World News Service * SMALLPOX VACCINE TO USE FETAL CELLS WASHINGTON, Nov 2, 01 (CWNews.com) -- A US government order for smallpox vaccine could involve the use of tissues taken from aborted human beings, the American Life League (ALL) has revealed. ALL has issued an "action alert" to American pro-life activists, after learning that the federal government had awarded a contract for smallpox vaccine to the Oravax/Acambis Corporation. ALL research established that the company would use cell lines from aborted babies-- although alternatives such as cells taken from chicken embryos are available. The smallpox vaccine is being stockpiled in case of a "bioterror" attack on the US, which could require widespread inoculation to prevent the spread of the disease. "If there is an epidemic or national crisis, you will not be able to use religious exemptions," ALL warned. Thus, unless other forms of the vaccine are readily available, citizens could confront a legal requirement to take a vaccine derived from the cells harvested after abortion. The organization urged pro-life activists to lobby for the development of other, morally acceptable forms of the vaccine. ==================================================== |
http://vml.viromed.com/services/product/mrc5.htm
MRC-5 (Lung, diploid, human)
Derived from normal lung tissue of a 14-week-old male fetus by J. P. Jacobs in September 1966 (Nature 227: 168-170, 1970), the MRC-5 cell line was established in a growth medium consisting of Earle's Basal Medium in Earle's balanced salt solution supplemented with 10% calf serum. Following initial cultivation, subcultures were prepared twice weekly at a 1:2 ratio. When the cells reached approximately the 7th population doubling, the majority of the cultures were harvested to prepare a frozen cell stock. Subsequent observations revealed that the MRC-5 cells are capable of attaining 42-46 population doublings before onset of the decline in proliferation usually experienced with human fibroblast lines. The MRC-5 cell strain (like the WI-38 cell line) is susceptible to a wide range of human viruses. "
I goofed, earlier, btw.
The vaccine could be grown in rabbit kidney cell cultures, not monkey kidney.
http://www.fda.gov/cber/summaries/120600bio05MM.htm
Cell Culture Smallpox Vaccine
Virus Strain
Historical efficacy (NYCBH, Lister, EM-65, Temple of Heaven)
Development of a vaccinia virus seed system
Cell Substrate
Historical experience (CAM, primary rabbit kidney)
Qualified tissue culture cell line (CEF, MRC-5)
Smallpox Vaccine Development
Cell culture vaccinia (JVAP)
Tissue culture vaccine is being developed to replace Wyeth Dryvaxâ
Derived from licensed Connaught smallpox vaccine strain Conn-Master 17633 (NYCBH)
Virus will be prepared in MRC-5 cells
Here's some more information:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5010a1.htm
VACCINIA VACCINE
Dryvax,® the vaccinia (smallpox) vaccine currently licensed in the United States, is a lyophilized, live-virus preparation of infectious vaccinia virus (Wyeth Laboratories, Inc., Marietta, Pennsylvania). Vaccinia vaccine does not contain smallpox (variola) virus. Previously, the vaccine had been prepared from calf lymph with a seed virus derived from the New York City Board of Health (NYCBOH) strain of vaccinia virus and has a minimum concentration of 108 pock-forming units (PFU)/ml. Vaccine was administered by using the multiple-puncture technique with a bifurcated needle. A reformulated vaccine, produced by using cell-culture techniques, is now being developed.
This page has pictures, information on the different recombinant vaccines, and descriptions of complications of vaccination, as well as an outline of the plan for handling an outbreak.
Kind of like the "no animal testing" line/disclaimer on the shampoos and lotions I buy.
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The thing about buying top quality shoes is that they last so long you have to choose carefully. My Alden tassel loafers must have a steel shank or something, because they've been tripping airport alarms for 12 years and counting. I padded through those magnetometers in stocking feet more than once, Miss. And that was before 9/11. Now that (as Peggy sez) we're all soldiers, I fully expect to be strip-searched for having entertained discriminating taste in footwear. Imparts a whole new meaning to "fashion crime."
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