Catholic and Islamic voices decry stem cell 'bias'

[MarcoPolo]

The success of adult stem cell research is being underplayed in favour of more controversial work using embryonic cells, according to religious figures who blame “aggressive secularism” and the “personal investment” of researchers in their projects for the alleged bias.

Story at Times Higher Education

 

[Dale_M]

I think that is a far better headline than the one the article first used.

On the other hand, there was only one Catholic and one Muslim voice.

Here is the press release which was issued before the discussion. It seems more focused on abortion than stem cell research.
religionandsociety.org.uk/events/programme_events/show/westminster_faith_debate_13_02_13_stem_cell_research_abortion_press_release

And here is the link to the the webpage for the discussion. You can watch video, download podcasts, and look at an introductory PowerPoint presentation (primarily showing survey results)
religionandsociety.org.uk/faith_debates-2013/stem_cell_research