Church Policies: Beginning of Life and Embryonic Stem Cell Research

This is part of a series of posts containing information on Church policies on medical and scientific issues.

Beginning of Human Life:

"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has no official position on the moment that human life begins."

As I recall, the Church Handbook of Instructions also contains the following quotation from Brigham Young, "...when the mother feels life come to her infant, it is the spirit entering the body preparatory to the immortal existence." I welcome correction or confirmation in the comments.

Embryonic Stem Cell Research:

"[T]he Church has not taken a position on the issue of embryonic stem-cell research."

The above statments are taken from Comments on the News.