2023-09-12 11:46:00
Ian Wilmut and the cloned sheep model.Source Visual China
British scientist Ian Wilmut dies aged 79.
According to a report on the German News TV channel website on September 11, his team made history with the first cloned mammal, Dolly the lamb: Now, British scientist Ian Wilmut has died at the age of 79. His university announced the news. Peter Matheson, vice-chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, praised Wilmut as a “scientific giant” whose work changed scientific thinking.
A team led by Wilmut at the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute cloned Dolly the sheep in 1996. It was the first mammal cloned from mature somatic cells, marking a breakthrough in animal and medical research.
“This breakthrough drove many of the advances in regenerative medicine that we see today,” Matheson explained. Bruce Whitelaw, current director of the Roslin Institute, said Wilmut’s death was a “disturbing moment.” Sad news”, “Science has lost a household name”.
Wilmut retired in 2012. In 2018, he announced that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. He also said that he would provide support for research on this degenerative disease of the nervous system that causes the gradual death of nerve cells.
Dolly the cloned sheep was born on July 5, 1996. She started limping due to arthritis in her knees when she was 5 years old. In 2003, at the age of 6, Dolly died of lung disease, an incurable disease that usually only occurs in older animals. Therefore, Dolly only lived for About half the average lifespan of sheep of the same breed.
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