In a matter of weeks, Youth Defence will launch a country-wide billboard campaign calling for full protection for the human embryo. As we’ve been reporting, the Minister for Health Mary Harney claims that she intends to bring forward proposals to Government this year to draft legislation to ...

US funding of embryonic stem cell research was brought to an epic halt this week by a U.S. district court. Since taking office, President Barack Obama has supported government funding for the destruction of human embryos in the name of "research". But, on Monday, a U.S. district court issued a ...

For the past two weeks, a group of volunteers from Youth Defence were in Knock collecting signatures against embryonic stem cell research. The members of YD were able to collect thousands of signatures that will be sent to Minister for Health Mary Harney, calling for her to legislate against ...

Adult stem cells have been used successfully to treat children with a deadly skin disease known as recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB; one of the most severe forms of epidermolysis bullosa, a set of genetic skin diseases.)

A boy from Northern Ireland was released from hospital yesterday after pioneering surgery to rebuild his windpipe using his stem cells.

This week, the New York Times admitted something that Youth Defence has been saying since the beginning; use Adult stem cells, NOT Embryonic stem cells.

As the summer comes to an end, our Summer for Life campaign is moving forward and the battle is intensifying. As stated in last weeks ezine, the Minister for Health Mary Harney said that she intends to bring forward proposals to Government this year with a view to drafting legislation to govern ...