In an official statement, she shared some stories of how adult stem cells (that are extracted ethically from a patient’s own tissue) are already being used to treat some serious conditions such as spinal cord damage, a punctured heart and cancer – with impressive results.
A wheelchair-bound teenager was able to move her foot and regained a significant amount of feeling in her back and legs, after receiving treatment from Portuguese specialist Dr Carlos Lima. He used stem cells extracted from the patient’s nose.
Other success stories include a teenager with a punctured heart who was healed through a stem cell transplant from his blood, and a young boy who was allegedly cured of cancer since receiving stem cells from his brother’s umbilical cord.Dr Lima published his research in the ‘Journal Of Spinal Cord Medicine’. His work was also featured in a programme called ‘Innovation: Miracle Cell’ on America’s PBS television channel.
“Something is changing to give not just hope,” the specialist told his TV audience, “but to give function to patients with spinal cord injury. All of our patients have some kind of recovery.”
CARE’s General Director Nola Leach said, “CARE is greatly encouraged by these results and hopes that many more people will benefit from adult stem cell research development.
“The therapeutic use of adult stem cells in treating some of the most difficult and serious conditions, is no longer just the subject of numerous successful scientific studies - but is now providing real solutions for patients.
“This is in contrast to the research studies using embryonic stem cells that are consistently failing to provide therapeutic solutions, even on paper.”
She concluded, “We need to get the truth out. Adult stem cells – which are the body’s very own ‘repair cells’ - have already proved their effectiveness.”
Already a dedicated campaigner in this area, the Westminster-based CARE has stated its intentions to continue to lobby in Westminster and Brussels for more countries to implement the 2005 UN General Assembly Declaration and pass domestic legislation to ban all forms of human cloning (including human cloning for research purposes).
CARE is currently planning further educational events to raise awareness about embryo research and related issues in Britain’s Churches.
