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Washington D.C., Jul 17, 2012 \/ 04:04 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- A new report on one of the world's largest funders of stem cell research reveals that an emphasis on results has led to a shift in funding towards morally-acceptable work with adult stem cells.<\/p>\n

\tIn the field of stem cell research, the \u201cpredominant progress\u201d is being made by non-controversial adult stem cells, said Chuck Donovan, president of the Charlotte Lozier Institute, which serves as the education and research arm of pro-life Susan B. Anthony List.<\/p>\n

\tDonovan told CNA on July 16 that an analysis of scientific funding over several years suggests that morally acceptable types of stem cell research offer the greatest promise for a wide variety of effective therapies and treatments.<\/p>\n

\tResearch on adult stem cells does not require the destruction of a human embryo and therefore does not pose the ethical difficulties associated with embryonic stem cell research. In addition, adult stem cell research has already contributed to advancing therapies for various diseases.<\/p>\n

\tOn July 12, the Lozier Institute released a report titled \u201cThe Ethical Stems of Good Science,\u201d which examined changes in the funding offered by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine since 2007.<\/p>\n

\tThe California institute was created after President George W. Bush announced in 2001 that his administration would become the first to provide federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research, although this funding was limited to stem cell lines that had already been developed.<\/p>\n

\tDissatisfied with the limits put in place by the president, California established its own Institute for Regenerative Medicine to distribute $3 billion to stem cell research efforts, with a particular emphasis on human embryonic stem cells and other types of research that received limited or no federal funding.<\/p>\n

\tOne calculation found that the institute was \u201cthe largest funder of overall stem cell research in the world\u201d from 2007, when it first began issuing grants, to February 2011.<\/p>\n

\tAccording to the recent Lozier report, the California institute funded more than 100 projects in 2007 involving embryonic research and cloning, while giving virtually no funding to adult or other non-embryonic avenues of stem cell research.<\/p>\n

\tIn the years that followed, however, the organization\u2019s grants increasingly went to fund projects using non-controversial forms of research. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\tA new category of grants in 2009 was specifically awarded to projects with \u201cthe best chance of resulting in clinical trials,\u201d the report observed. Of these grants, only four went to human embryonic stem cell research, while the remaining 10 went to non-embryonic types of research.<\/p>\n

\tThis trend has continued every year since 2009, the report found. As grants are awarded \u201cbased on their potential to prove therapeutically beneficial,\u201d non-embryonic research receives far more support than embryonic research.<\/p>\n

\tThe failure of embryonic stem cell research to yield therapeutic results has also led private investors to put their money elsewhere. Last November, the biopharmecuetical company Geron announced that it had ended a widely publicized embryonic stem cell research study due to \u201ccapital scarcity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tDonovan said that the shift in funding based on results is logical.<\/p>\n

\tIn a statement released with the Lozier report, he explained that \u201cdespite the millions of dollars spent on this research, cures brought about by embryonic stem cells have continued to prove elusive, while adult stem cell research applications have exploded.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cAs the leading funder of stem cell research, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has made grant decisions that show where the industry sees promise,\u201d he noted. \u201cIn the past six years, where that promise lies has become increasingly clear: ethical adult stem cell research.\u201d<\/p>\n

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