The British scientist who cloned Dolly the sheep, the first animal cloned from an adult somatic cell using the nuclear transfer process, has died. In the statement made by the Roslin Institute, which is a part of the University of Edinburgh in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, it was stated that Ian Wilmut, the scientist who cloned Dolly the sheep, died at the age of 79, and said: “Cloning or nuclear transfer that can be used to make genetically modified sheep.” “He pioneered efforts to develop his techniques.”
Wilmut cloned Dolly in 1996 with Keith Campbell at the Roslin Institute. Wilmut was diagnosed with Parkinson’s years ago. On the other hand, Dolly gave birth to 6 lambs after her cloning and was put to sleep on February 14, 2003 due to progressive lung disease.
Source: UAV