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LA JOLLA, Calif., July 29, 2002 (LSN.ca)—Stem cells taken from adult bone marrow can be grown into new blood vessels in the eyes of mice, and may lead to a treatment for some illnesses that cause blindness in humans, such as diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration. The study, led by Dr. Martin Friedlander, at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, will appear in the September issue of the journal Nature Medicine. Reports made clear that the study used “adult” cells from bone marrow and that they need not be harvested from human embryos, a process that kills […]

TORONTO, July 26, 2002 (LSN.ca) – LifeSite’s roving reporter covering the various World Youth Day events in Toronto has been tremendously impressed by the joy and exuberance of the youth and has come to appreciate their discernment.  Each morning the young people are given teachings at churches all over the city by the cardinals and bishops of the church.  The reactions of the pilgrims vary greatly according to what they receive. LifeSite’s Steve Jalsevac was present at a few catechesis sessions and noted the differing reactions with interest.  Archbishop George Pell from Australia, who gave his attentive audience in a […]

TORONTO, July 26, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Pope John Paul II challenged young people in his first official address to World Youth Day participants yesterday to reject “the lure of sin, however attractive it may be.”  Getting to the heart of the matter which drives the abortion and contraceptive industry, the Pope warned against enticing voices which “propose a joy that comes with the superficial and fleeting pleasure of the senses.” Rather than the fleeting and false joy “that can be had with money, with success, with power,” the Pope reminded the youth that true happiness – which we were made […]

TORONTO, July 26, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Prayer by World Youth Day Pilgrims over sixty feet away from a Toronto abortuary is driving the abortuary staff delusional.  Beginning Tuesday WYD pilgrims have taken time, sometimes up to five hours, to pray silently in a Park across the street from a Toronto abortuary.  However the reaction by the abortion clinic as reported by the media is frenetic.  “There is the feeling that these people, because they carry a rosary, because they are kneeling, because they call themselves Catholics, that they’re entitled to do this,” clinic manager Maria Corsillo said. “These people are […]

Triumph of the natural law

OTTAWA, July 26, 2002 (LSN.ca) – True to form, the Liberal Party has employed a polling company to help them decide whether to appeal the recent Ontario Divisional Court ruling that orders governments to end all distinctions between homosexual and heterosexual marriage.  Pollara was asked to gauge support for “gay and lesbian marriage,” especially among respondents under 34.  The poll claims that 48 percent overall are in favour of granting “marriage rights” to homosexual couples; 43 percent are opposed, and 9 percent have no opinion. Among the young, the poll suggests an overwhelming 65 percent of those aged 25 to […]

Study offers hope for 'ethical transplant'

Promises more free votes, money

SEOUL, Korea, Kuly 26, 2002 (LSN.ca) – With a Korean affiliate of the Raelian cult claiming that it has impregnated a woman with a cloned human embryo, Korea’s Ministry of Health and Welfare will conduct an on-site inspection of the Cloniad laboratory to see if laws have been violated.  A report in Joongang Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper, says the implanted woman is expected to give birth to a human clone early next year. Human cloning is not yet illegal in Korea and if the parliament votes to ban the practice, the suborned 20-year-old woman would be moved to another […]