Vaccines and Aborted Fetal Tissue. The initial experiments of the MMR vaccine involved growing rubella in a cell culture utilizing fibroblasts from the lungs of an aborted caucasian female fetus. Scientists found that the virus, among other viruses, grew well in the cell culture (termed WI-38).
Moral character or character is an evaluation of a particular individual's stable moral qualities. The concept of character can imply a variety of attributes including the existence or lack of virtues such as empathy, courage, fortitude, honesty, and loyalty, or of good behaviors or habits.
Definition of character for Students. 1  1 : a mark, sign, or symbol (as a letter or figure) used in writing or printing. 2  2 : the group of qualities that make a person, group, or thing different from others The town has special character. 3  3 : a distinguishing feature : characteristic the plant's bushy character.