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Virtue Media announces the newest in its line of pro-life television commercials: Stem Cell Research The ethics of human embryonic stem cell research is explained by someone who would stand to benefit from it, if the false promises of its proponents were to be believed. Mary, a Muscular Dystrophy patient, tells in her own words why she wants to be cured, but not if it means destroying another human life, "After all, you and I began as tiny human embryos, too." Mary informs the viewer of the facts of stem cell research: other sources of stem cells, such as umbilical...

Saving umbilical blood saves lives, says panel Friday, April 15, 2005 By LAURAN NEERGAARD ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - Blood saved from newborns' umbilical cords could help treat about 11,700 Americans a year with leukemia and other devastating diseases, yet most is routinely thrown away, a panel of influential scientists said Thursday in calling for a tripling of the nation's supply. Cord blood is rich in stem cells, the building blocks that produce blood - the same stem cells that make up the bone-marrow transplants that help many people survive certain cancers and other diseases. When frozen from cord blood shortly...

A most precious gift Donated cord blood saves lives. Just ask these grateful parents Everyone in the Heacock family was a potential donor. Anthony Dones, above, received his life-saving cord blood from an anonymous donor. Ramona Shih and Michael Blitstein, right, donated son Ty's blood to a public registry. Many expectant moms pore through pregnancy magazines with plenty of questions in mind: Should I quit my stressful job and launch a home-based business? Consume more folic acid? Breast-feed or go with the bottle? Just then a page-long ad throws another choice in their path: Do I bank my baby's...