The use of Aborted Human cells in Immunizations.

Hey, everyone


This is a topic that really made me want to start a blog. It is an intense one, so prepare yourself.


The thought and/or the concern of aborted human cells in immunizations, never crossed my mind till this past year. In March, I went to Nepal for 10 days and before I went I had to get my immunizations because I was home schooled, so I never received them. Even, the immunizations from when I was a baby weren't up to date. When, I started to think about immunizations, my mom remembered a conversation that she had with a close family friend, who is also a nurse, about immunizations. Our friend had learnt that some immunizations had aborted Human cells in them. So, that is when my research started, and it was intense and hard. So, this is the information that I found out.


The first website that I looked at, was the Children of God for Life website. It is an organization focused on the preservation  of human life. The chart they have on their website shows the different vaccines and what the cell line is. The definition of cell line, defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary is "a cell culture selected for uniformity from a cell population derived from a usually homogeneous tissue source (as an organ)". Basically, a cell line is the starting point for making immunizations, medicine, etc. 


If, you open the chart in a new window, we can  go over so we can understand each one better. First, you will see a 'NOTE' at the top of the chart, this note is very helpful. All of you that worry about the flu, and want to get the flu shot, don't worry, flu shots don't use human cell lines. They actually use chicken embryos. Also, if you are looking for a replacement of the Hep A or Rubella vaccine, Immune-Globulin is the way to go, that is if you live in Canada, but I will talk more about Immune-Globulin later on. 


I really only want to go through the chart and give you the information and definitions of some terms, so that you have a deeper understanding of the chart. And, you are then able to make a decision on how you want to proceed. 


So, the first column is the disease that the vaccine is for, and I am sure that you understand that. Next, is the drug name of the vaccine that has the human cells in it, and next is the Manufacturer. Next is the Cell Line and then a place for an Alternative. I am doing to mostly focus on the Cell Line, and what those weird combinations of letters and numbers mean. 


The first one is 'MRC-5' used in a chickenpox vaccine, a Hep A vaccine and almost every other vaccine in the chart.  The full name is 'Medical Research Council cell strain 5'. This strain was developed by J.P. Jacobs, C.M. Jone & J.P Baille. Now, here is the awful part, the MRC-5 strain is "derived from foetal lung tissue, taken from a 14-week male foetus removed for so-called psychiatric reason from a 27 year old woman with a genetically normal family history and no sign of neoplastic disease both at abortion and for at least three years afterwards". And, I am not making that up, I quoted right from the Nature Publishing Group website that has a statement from the developers of the strain, which includes the above sentence. 


The second one is 'WI-38', used in a chickenpox vaccine, and in a Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccine, as well as one combining both chickenpox and MMR. The full name of WI-38 is Wistar Institute cell strain 38. It was derived from the lung tissue of a three month-old female aborted fetus. The following quote are from a paper written by S.A. Plotkin, about the strain;

"Source of Virus: Virus was obtained from an aborted rubella-infected human fetus. The 25- year-old mother was exposed to rubella eight weeks after the last menstrual period. A macular rash and lymphadenopathy developed 16 days after exposure, and rubella virus was isolated from her nasopharynx on the second day of rash. Serum neutralizing antibodies to rubella virus increased from <4, at the time of rash, to 16, three weeks later. The fetus was surgically aborted 17 days after  the maternal illness and dissected immediately. Explants from several organs were cultured and successful cell growth was achieved from lung, skin, and kidney. All cell strains were found to be carrying rubella virus. As illustrated in Fig 1, fibroblastic cells from the kidney explant were subcultivated four times by trypsinization and 1:2 split, after which the supernatant fluid was harvested. This harvest was inoculated on sta- tionary WI-38 diploid lung fibroblasts, to initiate infection in these cells. Three further passages were subsequently performed by serially inoculat- ing supernatant tissue culture fluids on fresh WI-38 cultures. Two weeks after inoculation of the fourth set of WI-38 cell cultures, the super- natant fluid was harvested, pooled, and divided into aliquots."

Also, included on that list is WI-26, which was derived from the lungs of a male aborted fetus was used to develop the first polio virus in 1962. It is now mixed with VA4 and used against "herpes simplex, poliovirus 2, Sindbis, versic. stomatitis". On the chart, it says that is mixture is used in a vaccine called Enbrel. I just  looked up the monograph for Enbrel but I could not see WI-26 VA4 mixture. Though, I might have missed it, this is why it is good to always check the monograph of the vaccine. 

The next one is HEK-293 used in the vaccine Xigris for Sepsis. The HEK-293 cells are "derived from human embryonic kidney cells grown in tissue culture". Now, the only real problem I have with this strain is really the key of embryonic and how they get the cells. And that they are cultured which really means that they are made via artificial means. Which, always makes me a little hesitate. But, if anyone knows more about this line, please let me know.

The last cell line is RA 27/3. The full name is Rubella abortus 27th fetus, 3rd tissue explant. There is a number of articles that the developers of this strain wrote, and I would add them to this post but the issue is to see the full article you have to be a doctor, from the looks of some of the sign in pages. So, I will tell you as much as I can. This strain used primarily for Rubella vaccines was obtained during the 1964 rubella epidemic in the US. It was then grown on WI-38. An article was published that explains the study and development of this strain, derived from forty aborted fetuses. The weird thing is that none of the developers believes that any of this is wrong. One of the developers, Stanley A. Plotkin (quoted above as well) said "I have no doubt that rubella vaccination has prevented thousands and thousands of abortions. From strictly an arithmetical assessment, the good done by the vaccine - if you are opposed to abortion - is infinitely greater than any possible harm."


I am going to now give you some monographs for some of the vaccines in this chart. And show you what you need to look for. Let's look at Havrix® made by GSK. If, you look under Composition on Page 11 of the monograph, then look at the first sentence of the second paragraph. "The virus is propagated in MRC-5 human diploid cells". Let's look at other one MMR Ⅱ® made by Merck & Co. This, is an easy one because you just need to look at the second paragraph of the first page of the monograph to find the information. It is the third point in that second paragraph, and it says "(3) MERUVAX* II (Rubella Virus Vaccine Live), the Wistar RA 27/3 strain of live attenuated rubella virus propagated in WI-38 human diploid lung fibroblasts." So, when you look at the monographs of vaccines, look for key word e.i. RA 27/3, WI-38, MRC-5, and/or propagated in human diploid cells. 


Now, when I look at all this information it makes me wonder, am I the only one that thinks that this is wrong? Especially, when we have the ability to make a stand. The stand can be hard, especially when you might need some of the vaccines. But, there are alternatives to these vaccines that don't use human cell lines. Though, the alternatives are either in other countries or really hard to get? Such as, the alternative to the Hep A vaccine which is available in Europe and Japan or Immune-Globulin that is  really hard to get and only gives temporary immunity (3-5months).


This is what Esther's challenge really comes down to whether or not, you are going to make a stand. Whether or not, you are going to stand up and say this is wrong. Because how can we bear to see the calamity that us coming to this world and how can we bear to see the destruction of innocent babies. I don't know how we can, but I am ready to make a stand, how about you?

~Anne~