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3-5-2008
 

Students Raise Money for Teacher’s Adult Stem-Cell Transplant

 

An elementary school in Wenatchee, Wash., has raised $12,000 to help a kindergarten teacher pay for adult stem-cell treatment that could help her beat lymphoma, KING 5 News reported

Doctors tried chemo, but it wasn't enough. This week, Marcy Hegberg of Mission View Elementary School will begin a costly stem-cell transplant at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.

Dawn Vargo, associate bioethics analyst for Focus on the Family Action, said the kindergartners are on to something.

"We should be putting our time and energy toward adult stem-cell therapies that provide treatments for patients like their teacher," she said. "Rather than wasting taxpayer dollars on unproven and unethical embryonic stem-cell research, let's put our money toward proven and tangible adult stem-cell therapies."

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Science reveals the benefits of adult stem cells.



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