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Parents of Child Saved by Stem Cells Welcome Cord-blood Bank Wednesday, October 13, 2010 BALTIMORE (CNS)—Nineteen-month-old Mason Shaffer has no qualms about somersaulting off a couch in his family's Pennsylvania home. He's equally fearless when exploring new surroundings or playing a spirited round of peek-a-boo with his mother.

Stem-cell Scientists Challenged to Justify Research Involving Embryos Wednesday, October 06, 2010 DETROIT (CNS)—As more than 1,200 business, academic and government leaders from 25 countries gathered in Detroit for the World Stem Cell Summit, Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron of Detroit said research that destroys human embryos "deserves our scrutiny and scorn."

Injunction Blocking Embryonic Stem-cell Funding Overturned Thursday, September 30, 2010 WASHINGTON (CNS)—A federal appeals court has permanently lifted the injunction that had briefly stopped federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research.

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WASHINGTON (CNS)—A new public opinion poll released Sept. 16 shows that 47 percent of Americans oppose federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research, while 38 percent support such funding. Monday, September 20, 2010 Poll Shows Opposition to Fed Funds for Stem-cell Research Monday, September 20, 2010	WASHINGTON (CNS)—Foundations affiliated with the Pontifical Council for Culture and an international biopharmaceutical company will work together to educate Catholics and others around the world about the benefits of adult stem-cell research. Thursday, May 27, 2010 Vatican, Biotech Firm to Educate on Adult Stem Cells Thursday, May 27, 2010
WASHINGTON (CNS)—Those who were conceived through sperm donation are more likely to experience depression, delinquency and substance abuse than their counterparts who were adopted or raised by their biological parents, according to a new survey by the New York-based Commission on Parenthood's Future. Friday, June 11, 2010 Study Finds Lasting Problems for Donor-Conceived Offspring Friday, June 11, 2010	WASHINGTON (CNS)—Franciscan Brother Daniel Sulmasy, a medical doctor who also holds a doctorate in philosophy, has been named to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. Monday, April 12, 2010 Franciscan Doctor-ethicist Named to Bioethics Commission Monday, April 12, 2010
WASHINGTON (CNS)—Catholics should use caution in deciding whether to have genetic testing and should do so only with a doctor's counsel, a Catholic ethicist said. Saturday, May 29, 2010 Ethicist Urges Caution on Home DNA Tests Saturday, May 29, 2010	WASHINGTON (CNS)—Thirteen human embryonic stem-cell lines have been approved for use in federally funded research and approval of many more lines is expected to follow, the head of the National Institutes of Health announced Dec. 2. Thursday, December 03, 2009 NIH Approves 13 Embryonic Stem-cell Lines for Funding Thursday, December 03, 2009

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background information
Click the link to read the full document. Monday, December 15, 2008 'Dignitas Personae' ('The Dignity of a Person') Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith document on biomedical ethics.	Click the link to read the full document. Tuesday, December 09, 2008 ‘On Embroyonic Stem Cell Research’ U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2008
Click the link to read the full document. Tuesday, December 09, 2008 End-of-Life Ethics: Preparing Now for the Hour of Death From Catholic Update, St. Anthony Messenger Press	Click the link to read the full document. Tuesday, December 09, 2008 ‘Declaration on the Production and the Scientific and Therapeutic Use of Human Embryonic Stem Cells’ Pontifical Academy for Life, 2000
Click the link to read the full document. Tuesday, December 09, 2008 Stem-Cell Research and Human Cloning From Catholic Update, St. Anthony Messenger Press	Click the link to read the full document. Wednesday, December 10, 2008 National Catholic Bioethics Center
Click the link to read the full document. Tuesday, December 09, 2008 Stem-Cell Research: How Catholic Ethics Guide Us From Catholic Update, St. Anthony Messenger Press