Ice Bucket Challenge Donation Sponsor ALSA Funds Embryonic Stem Cell Research | LifeNews.com.
The ice bucket challenge is all the rage, and this manner of funding medical research to combat ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) is heavily promoted on social media.
From Lifenews.com
In an email to Religion News Service, Carrie Munk, a spokeswoman for the ALS Association, said that the organization primarily funds adult stem cell research.
“Currently, The Association is funding one study using embryonic stem cells (ESC), and the stem cell line was established many years ago under ethical guidelines set by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS); this research is funded by one specific donor, who is committed to this area of research,” she said. “The project is in its final phase and will come to an end very soon.”
Get ALSA to verify that unethically derived human tissue is NOT being used in their research before you donate. Click the link above to learn about the possible link with EMBRYONIC stem cell research.
