[CS-FSLUG] PD: Merck to focus on 'non-ethical' vaccines

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On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 8:16 PM, Fred A. Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com> wrote:
> Pharmaceutical giant Merck has decided to produce vaccines for measles,
> mumps, and rubella that only use cells from aborted babies.
>
> http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=381740

I followed a discussion elsewhere[1] on the same topic. It looks like
the cell line was derived from an aborted human, but those tissues are
many times removed from the original implant, so there is no "fresh
material" going into their vaccines.

[1]: http://www.puritanboard.com/f54/opinions-merck-all-mmr-vaccs-will-made-aborted-cells-42634/