ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - International Stem Cell Symposium: “a significant occasion for the strategic and systematic development of adult cell therapy researches”, says Cardinal Nicholas Cheong, archbishop of Seoul

Monday, 24 July 2006

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Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The 4th Catholic International Stem Cell Symposium was held earlier this month at the Catholic research Institute of Medical Science of the Catholic University of Korea in Seoul. The purpose of these symposiums is to examine the recent rends of stem cell research at home and abroad with regard to the application of adult stem cells for the treatment of incurable diseases.
The Catholic International Stem Cell Symposium was launched in February 2002 when the Catholic University Medical College initiated studies of adult stem cells in Korea in view of becoming an international hub of stem cell research. The Symposium, held annually, is organised by the Catholic Institute of Cell Therapy within the Commission for Life of the archdiocese of Seoul, and the Korea Research Institute of Bio-science and Bio-technology.
Participants this year included 20 adult stem cell experts from Korea, Japan and the United States who stressed the importance of research with adult stem cells, rather than embryonal stem cells which entails the destruction of the human embryo. Papers were given on the improvement of the regenerating potential of adult stem cells and the results of studies on the application of adults stem cells for the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease.
Intervening at the Symposium, the Catholic Archbishop of Seoul, Cardinal Nicholas Cheong said the event was “a significant occasion a significant occasion for the strategic and systematic development of adult cell therapy researches”.
The Catholic Church in Korea is very active in the field of protecting life, from conception to natural end, and protecting the human embryo, rejecting the abhorrent practice cloning with which the human being acts as if he were God. (PA) (Agenzia Fides 24/7/2006 righe 26 parole 261)