Vatican To Fund Adult Stem Cell Research

http://mystateline.com/fulltext/?nxd_id=156095

• The Vatican is reportedly going to fund adult stem cell research.

• The three-million-dollar grant will allow an international coalition of scientists to study the potential of intestinal stem cells.

• While the church disapproves of embryonic stem cell research, which it says is the equivalent of taking a human life, it has supported research using adult stem cells.

• Although dioceses in Australia and South Korea have funded adult stem cell research in the past, the Vatican has never sponsored the research itself.

  
  
  Reflection
  When I first read this article,I was a bit confused on why the Vatican, one of the most catholic places in the world, was funding stem cell research, which was like "acting God" and is against one of the Ten Commandments.I then read that they were ok with researching stem cells as long as it is from an adult and not from an unborn embryo, which the most valuable stem cells are found. It is interesting to see what type of actions the Church does and does not allow.
  
  
  "Vatican To Fund Adult Stem Cell Research." Mystateline.comm. 23 Apr. 10. Web. 15 May 10. .