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Newborns as involuntary donors.(Insider Report)
The evil logic of embryonic stem cell experimentation dictates that some human beings can be created for the sole purpose of serving as involuntary test subjects or tissue donors. A research team at Chicago's Reproductive Genetics Institute has taken that logic an ominous step further by facilitating the birth of five babies "to provide stem cells for siblings with serious non-heritable conditions," reported the May 4 New Scientist.
Referred to as "savior siblings," the babies "were born after a technique called preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) was used to test embryos for a tissue match to the ailing siblings," continues the report. "The aim in these cases was to provide stem cells for transplantation to children who are suffering from leukemia and a rare condition called Diamond-Blackfan Anemia (DBA)."
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Source: HighBeam Research, Newborns as involuntary donors.(Insider Report)