Vatican prepares adult stem cell talks
Vatican prepares adult stem cell talks Updated: 05:35, Wednesday April 10, 2013 The Vatican will organise a conference to promote adult stem cell research as an alternative to research using destroyed human embryos, which is considered by the Roman Catholic Church as deeply unethical and less effective.
The Vatican is raising its opposition to embryonic stem cell research, in vitro fertilization and human cloning to a new level.But the Vatican is also saying in a major new bioethics document that it approves of some forms of gene therapy and encourages stem cell research using adult cells.