Experts claim, babies source of stem cells

BEAUTY at the expense of babies.

With this, the Philippine Society for Stem Cell Medicine (PSSCM) gave another reason for Filipinos to stop patronizing the emerging stem cell therapy in the country revealing that some of them are actually sourced from human babies.

In a statement, PSSCM Spokesman Dr. Leo Olarte disclosed that it has come to their knowledge that there are a number of cases, where the stem cells used for several anti-aging procedures and other medical treatments are actually acquired from babies, with some even from elective abortion abroad.

With this in mind and realizing that we can consider this as exploitation of other human beings for personal benefit, we ask ourselves if this is an ethical and moral medical procedure, Olarte said.

We cannot stand by and merely watch how they exploit people in poverty just to profit while allowing others who are economically well off to benefit from this, he furthered.

He said the information came after they attended a scientific forum in the United States that tackled the issue of human commoditization for commercial and economic purposes.

The Philippine Medical Association (PMA) noted how human fetus harvesting for stem cell transplant, also known as allogenic sourced-out stem cells, has become prevalent in countries like the Ukraine, Switzerland, Russia, and Malaysia.

Last month, the PSSCM had already raised concerns over the risks of complications, and possibly death, from stem cell treatments.

The PSSCM had said that stem cell patients run the risk of graft-versus-host disease (allogeneic transplant only), stem cell (graft) failure, organ injury, infections, cataracts, infertility, new cancers, and death.

Stem cell therapy is a type of intervention strategy that introduces new adult stem cells into damaged tissue in order to treat disease or injury.

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Experts claim, babies source of stem cells