In a letter dated 16/11/2018 stated: ‘Of the thousands of research projects we currently fund, only one involves human embryos … The embryos used in this research are left over from patients’ fertility treatment and donated by patients’. This project is being undertaken by Kathy Niakan at the Francis Crick Institute.  www.crick.ac.uk/research/labs/kathy-niakan

In 2016, the Francis Crick Institute received approval from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) to use new genome editing techniques on human embryos. The Francis Crick Institute website lists a range of research projects which make use of human embryos during the first seven days of life.

Cancer Research UK features prominently on the Francis Crick Institute website as one of six organisations with whom they are in ‘a unique partnership.’ Member of the AMRC.