• In a letter dated 25/01/2019, this charity stated: “We can reassure you that we do not fund any research on human embryos”. [#AMRC#]

  • In a letter dated 25/10/2018 stated that it does not “currently fund any projects that require the use of human embryos or human embryonic stem cells”.”Overall, having been funding ground-breaking research into breast cancer for over 25 years … we haven’t received any research application proposing the use of human…

  • In a letter dated 4/12/2018, the organisation stated: “We only fund research into blindness prevention, and I can confirm that we do not fund any research using human embryos and we do not support organisations who use human embryos.” [#AMRC#]

  • In a letter dated 29/11/2018 this charity stated: “To date we have not funded research that involves the use of embryos and we do not receive research funding application that involve their use. In addition, we are not currently planning to fund work in this area. At present we don’t…

  • The British Sjögren’s Syndrome Association (BSSA) was founded to raise awareness of the disease and support research into its cause and treatment. In a letter dated 5/2/19, this charity stated on embryo experimentation: “This has not come up at the BSSA to date but if it were to do so,…

  • In a letter dated 31/5/19, this charity stated: “I am writing to confirm that we do not fund any research that involves using human embryos. We do not support any organisations other than the universities and hospitals which are awarded skin disease research grants.” [#AMRC#]

  • In a letter dated 5/12/2018, this charity stated: “human embryos are not commonly used in research for the benefit of people with bowel cancer. Were we to receive requests for funding in this area, this would have to be considered carefully by our Trustees and Medical Advisors.” [#AMRC#]

  • In a letter dated 21/6/2019 this charity stated: “… we don’t have a policy on reproductive health services and don’t specialise in this at this centre.” The letter also stated: “… some of our work may have some overlap with this…”

  • In a letter dated 19/11/2018, this charity wrote: “…the research undertaken at Anthony Nolan does not use, or perform, any experimental work on human embryos. We are fortunate to be able to work with stem cells from voluntary unrelated donors and from cord blood stem cells collected from the placenta…

  • This organisation states on its website: “Asthma UK understands and appreciates that people do have concerns about medical research involving human embryos, and charities providing funding support for it. Asthma UK does not currently fund any projects that require human or hybrid human embryos but as a member of the…

  • Ataxia-telangiectasia is a rare, genetic degenerative disease of childhood, which affects multiple systems of the body. In a letter dated 15/1/2019 this charity wrote: “The A-T Society, as a tiny research funder, does not have a formal policy on human embryo experimentation, as it is something that we have never…

  • BBC Children in Need is an umbrella organisation, whose function is to give grants to a large number of smaller charities across the country. According to the BBC website, in 2018 Children in Need supported over 2,700 projects in communities across the UK. The list of projects is broken down…

  • In a letter dated 25 January 2019 this charity stated: “We don’t fund any research that involves human embryo experimentation. All of the research we support and fund is based on the neonatal unit, and beyond, improving the lives of babies born premature or sick.” [#AMRC#]

  • This charity stated in a letter dated 22/11/2018 that it “has not funded research involving experiments on human embryos”. Bloodwise keeps its research “under regular review including developing new policies when a need arises”. The Head of Research Funding stated: “We work with several research funding organisations and to my…

  • In a letter dated 28/11/2018 this charity stated: “We do not have a written policy regarding human embryo experimentation as we have never funded any research that involves human embryos and are very unlikely to, as research of this nature is tightly governed and not directly relevant to our field.”…