The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 21:23:43 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb 14-day limit prohibition for human embryo research abandoned /item/33162-14-day-limit-prohibition-for-human-embryo-research-abandoned /item/33162-14-day-limit-prohibition-for-human-embryo-research-abandoned

The international scientific body governing stem cell research is abandoning the absolute 14-day limit on culturing human embryos in the laboratory, putting pressure on CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp law prohibiting the practice.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Tue, 01 Jun 2021 13:37:21 -0400
U.S. Bishops object to plan to fund part-human, part-animal embryo research /home/international/item/23026-u-s-bishops-object-to-plan-to-fund-part-human-part-animal-embryo-research /home/international/item/23026-u-s-bishops-object-to-plan-to-fund-part-human-part-animal-embryo-research

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops objected to a U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposal to authorize federally funded research on part-human, part-animal embryos in comments submitted to the agency Sept. 2.

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cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Tue, 06 Sep 2016 15:17:43 -0400
Angela Kirby fighting MS around the world, 5 km at a time /item/20595-angela-kirby-fighting-ms-around-the-world-5-km-at-a-time /item/20595-angela-kirby-fighting-ms-around-the-world-5-km-at-a-time

PICKERING, ONT. - Angela Kirby believes in living life to its fullest and won’t let the challenges of multiple sclerosis get in her way. Diagnosed with MS at the age of 50, she never felt deterred from hiking up mountains and travelling the world.

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jean.kodin@catholicregister.org (Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register) Canada Sun, 19 Jul 2015 13:30:00 -0400
Success rate in use of adult stem cells 'staggering,' says researcher /home/international/item/20577-success-rate-in-use-of-adult-stem-cells-staggering-says-researcher /home/international/item/20577-success-rate-in-use-of-adult-stem-cells-staggering-says-researcher

Adult stem cells, easily harvested from human bone marrow, umbilical cord blood and fat tissue, have a successful track record in treatments for more than 90 medical conditions and diseases, including sickle cell anemia, multiple myeloma cancer and damaged heart tissue.

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International Wed, 15 Jul 2015 08:00:00 -0400
Britain legalizes modifying germ line to fight disease /home/international/item/19774-britain-legalizes-modifying-germ-line-to-fight-disease /home/international/item/19774-britain-legalizes-modifying-germ-line-to-fight-disease

MANCHESTER, England - Britain has become the first country in the world to legalize the genetic modification of the human germ line in an attempt to fight inherited diseases, but Catholic officials oppose the procedures.

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International Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:30:00 -0500
Bishops urged to support national dementia strategy /item/18897-bishops-urged-to-support-national-dementia-strategy /item/18897-bishops-urged-to-support-national-dementia-strategy

OTTAWA - An Ottawa Catholic husband and father whose wife suffers a rare, early onset form of dementia is calling on CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp bishops to help advance a national dementia strategy. 

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Wed, 01 Oct 2014 12:00:00 -0400
U.S. Supreme Court lets stand policy on embryonic stem-cell research funds /home/international/item/15653-us-supreme-court-lets-stand-policy-on-embryonic-stem-cell-research-funds /home/international/item/15653-us-supreme-court-lets-stand-policy-on-embryonic-stem-cell-research-funds

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court Jan. 7 let stand a lower court order allowing government funding of research involving certain embryonic stem-cell lines.

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International Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:57:19 -0500
Researcher's advice to pastors: Spend more time on church suppers /item/13994-researchers-advice-to-pastors-spend-more-time-on-church-suppers /item/13994-researchers-advice-to-pastors-spend-more-time-on-church-suppers

WASHINGTON - Harvard public policy professor Robert D. Putnam has a tongue-in-cheek suggestion for pastors: "Spend less time on the sermons, and more time arranging the church suppers."

That's because research by Putnam and Chaeyoon Lim, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, shows that the more church friends a person has, the happier he or she is.

"Church friends are super-charged friends, but we have no idea why," Putnam told a Feb. 16 summit on religion, well-being and health at Gallup world headquarters in Washington. "We have some hypotheses, but we don't know for sure."

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