In a letter dated 24/5/19, the charity stated: “The Urology foundation is a member of the Association of Medical Research Charities and we subscribe to their policies on animal experimentation and tissue experimentation in research.”
The letter then lists the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations 2001 on what conditions have to be met to carry out research using human embryos.
The letter concludes: “As with all the scientific research we fund, stem cell research will be funded on merit and scientific excellence after rigorous peer review and in line with the current legal and regulatory framework. Should we fund such research, we would expect our TUF- funded researchers to conduct stem-cell research according to high ethical standards. We recognise the complexity of ongoing legal, ethical, social and scientific developments in relation to human embryonic stem cells and we will continue to monitor and develop our policies in this area.”