Stem Cell Research

Somewhere along the line, there has been such a misconception about stem cells and stem cell research. You do not need to kill unborn babies to collect stem cells. Your baby is born full term, the cord is clamped and cut. The cord is then saved to gather the remaining blood stem cells and sent to a storage facility for future use, similar to bone marrow, blood and sperm banks. Stem cells can also be gathered from bone marrow. You cannot "grow people" with stem cells, it is not related to cloning in any way.

Your baby’s cord blood stem cells are a valuable potential medical resource for your baby and family. These valuable cord blood stem cells, like the stem cells found in bone marrow, are non-controversial and free of political and ethical debate surrounding other types of stem cells. Here’s what we know about cord blood stem cells today:

• Cord blood stem cells are now used to treat over 70 life-threatening diseases including many cancers.
• A baby’s cord blood stem cells have the potential to be used for the baby, siblings and other family members.
• A stem cell transplant using cells from the family is recognized as the best treatment option. Transplants from a family member have twice the success rate as transplants using donated cells from outside the family.

Diseases that are currently being treated with Stem Cells:

• Blood Cancers, including leukemia, liposarcoma, and lymphomas.
• Anemia and other bone marrow failure syndromes
• Immunodeficiencies such as Wiskott-Aldrich and Thymic Dysplasia
• Inborn Errors of Metabolism such as Gunther Disease, Hurler Syndrome and Batten Disease
• And several other diseases totally 70 diseases.

Potential of Stem Cells are Alzheimers, Stroke, Heart Disease, Lou Gehrigs Disease (ALS), Muscular Dystrophy, Spinal Cord Injuries, Liver Disease, Diabetes, Bone Regeneration, Multiple Sclerosis, Organ Transplant, and burn victims.

Rethink your position on stem cells. It could save your children, your spouse, your parent. It could make a paralyzed person walk again. And it does NOT "kill babies".