In a letter received in 2019, this charity stated: “All requests considered for funding are subjected to Leuka’s rigorous and impartial selection process and the decisions we make about what we fund are based on merit and scientific excellence. At Leuka we only fund research that is ethically approved and abides by Leuka’s Research Policy that can be found on our website…
“From time to time the research we fund may involve the use of human stem cells. These cells are blood stem cells usually derived from the bone marrow of living adults. We have never funded research using human embryos.” [#AMRC#]