In research being carried out at University College London Hospital and Barts and the London NHS, Patients suffering a heart attack will undergo regular treatment of an angioplasty to remove blockage to an artery, and then will receive an injection into the artery of stem cells harvested from the bone marrow in their hip, under local anesthetic. The whole procedure will take place within five hours of their attack.
Adult Stem Cells Used to Treat Emergency Heart Attack Patients
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WASHINGTON, November 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Moments after the hearing of oral arguments in the partial-birth abortion case before the United States Supreme Court today, a pro-life lawyer involved in the case is predicting a "major victory". Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), said that he is convinced the ban on partial birth abortion will be ruled constitutional.
Supreme Court Partial Birth Abortion Case - "I'm Convinced Kennedy will vote with Us"
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The left simply uses the generic term "stem cells" and makes no distinction between embryonic and adult/umbilical cord stem cells. As a result, much of the public is uninformed when they are told that the pro-life movement is opposed to "stem cell" research.