By Dave Andrusko

Considering how often I turn to www.stemcellresearch.org, it’s inexcusable how seldom I remind our readers to check what this amazing site has to offer. Let me make partial amends by encouraging you to visit “Do No Harm: The Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics” today. No single source does a better job of demonstrating that there are many ethically acceptable alternatives to harvesting human embryos for their stem cells, alternatives that are making a difference in the here and now.

In addition to its long-standing list of outstanding resources (which includes many articles in the popular press), just this week the site launched an educational campaign to raise awareness about adult stem cells providing documented success in treating patients for various diseases and conditions.

If you go to the new website www.stemcellresearchfacts.org, you’ll find three short YouTube-based videos of patients and their adult stem cell success stories. They are each only three-minutes long and they are the perfect rebuttal when you read or hear that embryonic stem cells are needed to help remedy or cure diseases.

Let me conclude Part Two today by quoting from the new website.
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Life-Saving Stem Cells - Discover, Learn, Share

Nearly everyone inside and outside of the medical and scientific community agrees that stem cell research represents one of the most exciting and promising frontiers for treating people with a myriad of diseases and conditions. Stem cell research and treatments represent perhaps mankind's greatest opportunity to fulfill that ancient call to "heal the sick," relieve suffering and improve the quality of life for untold millions of people.

This website provides scientific facts and concise information for those of us who are not scientists, researchers or medical professionals. You will learn answers to "questions like ..."Who is benefiting from stem cell research and therapies today?" and "What types of stem cells are working?" In addition, basic questions such as "What is a stem cell?" "Why do we need stem cell research?" are answered.

The video patient profiles featured on this site emphasize adult stem cell advances with the goal of informing and the hope of inspiring you to take action. These real-life stories represent a small sampling of people and the many diseases and conditions now being helped by adult stem cells naturally found in the human body. Stem Cell Research Facts illustrate how current adult treatments and therapies directly impact the lives of patients and their families today...

Part One