NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — At a recent conference on stem cells endorsed by and held at the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI announced the Catholic Church’s support for adult stem cell research.

“It opens up possibilities for healing chronic degenerative illnesses,” the Pontiff said.

Adult stem cells, gleaned from most tissues in the body, are very different. They do not destroy embryos and so the Catholic Church endorses this type of medical and scientific research.

There are currently more than 3,500 ongoing clinical trials to test the use of various types of these adult stem cells in everything from cancer to heart disease to diabetes. So while embryonic stem cell research will continue, this Church action clearly gives a boost to work that many people are ethically more comfortable with.

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