The drive to design a COVID-19 vaccine calls attention to the moral concerns about vaccine research using embryonic stem cells, which destroy a human life in the embryonic stage of development. We share two stories about Pluristem Therapeutics, an Israeli biotech company working to produce a vaccine using placental cells, an ethical alternative to embryonic stem cells. We study Power Point slides #25 What Does Rabbi Bleich Say?, and #76 The Use of Language Medical Research. We close the episode with the meditation for today's Omer count. Aired 4/15/20.

Preliminary Data from Pluristem's PLC Cell Program Shows Promise in COVID-19 https://www.biospace.com/article/preliminary-data-from-pluristem-s-plc-cell-program-is-promising-in-covid-19/

Stem cells from a baby's placenta may save life of coronavirus victim in NJ. https://nypost.com/2020/04/13/could-stem-cells-from-a-babys-placenta-treat-covid-19/#content-wrapper

Moral Implications of Human Fetal Cell Lines in Vaccine Production. https://thevaccinereaction.org/2019/10/moral-implications-of-human-fetal-cell-lines-in-vaccine-production/

Counting the Nightly Omer https://learnemunah.com/holidays/omercount.html.

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