The Humane Research Trust is a registered charity encouraging and supporting new medical research which does not include the use of animals, with the objectives of advancing the diagnosis and treatment of disease in humans. It “supports research involving donated human tissue” which it “believes fulfils the best ethical and scientific justification for investigations into human conditions”.
In a letter dated 19/02/2019, the charity stated: “For the record, up to date, we have not received any grant application which would involve the use of human embryos.”