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Bookmark or Share- The Truth about Fetal Tissue Research - Scientific American“Fetal tissue is a flexible, less-differentiated tissue. It grows readily and adapts to new environments, allowing researchers to study basic biology or use it as a tool in a way that...
- Vaccine Ingredients: Fetal Cells - Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaAll vaccines made using fetal cells, except the COVID-19 vaccine, are made using fibroblast cells. The COVID-19 vaccine (J&J/Janssen) is made using fetal retinal cells. Fibroblast cells are the cells needed to hold skin and other connective tissue together.
- Fetal tissue: How it’s used in medical research - CNNFetal tissue has been used since the 1930s for vaccine development, and more recently to help advance stem cell research and treatments for degenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s disease.
- Fetal tissue research: focus on the science and not the politicsFetal tissue has been a key part of the development of multiple vaccines, treatments for cystic fibrosis, and ongoing research into cancer immunotherapy. The major objection to fetal tissue research is that the source of the fetal tissue is mainly from elective abortions.
- 4.1.14 Human Fetal Tissue Research - grants.nih.govHuman fetal tissue is defined as tissue or cells obtained from a dead human embryo or fetus after a spontaneous or induced abortion or stillbirth. This definition does not include established human fetal cell lines.
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