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Throughout medical history, “conception” has been equated to “fertilization”, both meaning the union of the sperm and the egg. However, in the last 30-40 years, “conception” has been quietly and arbitrarily redefined to mean implantation of the human embryo (blastocyst) in the uterus. This allows for a period of about 6-10 days from fertilization (union of egg and sperm) in the Fallopian tube, until the embryo – about 100 cells in size – arrives in the uterus. Of course, since EC proponents have changed the definition of conception to mean implantation, they would say that there is no current pregnancy. On the other hand, most scientists and physicians recognize fertilization as the moment when life begins, and would therefore, call the loss of the human embryo an early abortion.

Potential Donor, Transplant Center, & Clinical Trial Information

Where can people get more information about potential donors and transplant centers?

The National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP), a federally funded nonprofit organization, was created to improve the effectiveness of the search for donors. The NMDP maintains an international registry of volunteers willing to be donors for all sources of blood stem cells used in transplantation: bone marrow, peripheral blood, and umbilical cord blood.

The NMDP Web site contains a list of participating transplant centers at http://www.marrow.org/NMDP/transplant_centers.html
on the Internet. The list includes descriptions of the centers as well as their transplant experience, survival statistics, research interests, pretransplant costs, and contact information.

Organization: National Marrow Donor Program
Address: Suite 500
3001 Broadway Street, NE.
Minneapolis, MN 55413–1753
Telephone 612–627–5800
1–800–627–7692 (1–800–MARROW–2)
1–888–999–6743 (Office of Patient Advocacy)
E-mail: Available through the Web site
Internet Web site: http://www.marrow.org

Where can people get more information about clinical trials of BMT (Bone Marrow Transplants) and PBSCT (Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplants)?

Clinical trials that include BMT and PBSCT are a treatment option for some patients. Information about ongoing clinical trials is available from NCI’s Cancer Information Service (see below), or from the NCI’s Web site at http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials on the Internet.

http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/faqs.asp

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