Scientist who led team which cloned Dolly the sheep dies 老年の 79
尊敬の印s have been paid to the scientist who led the team which cloned Dolly the sheep 27 years ago after he died at the age of 79.
Professor Sir Ian Wilmut was part of a team at the Roslin 学校／設ける at the University of Edinburgh which 首尾よく cloned Dolly in 1996.
He retired from the University of Edinburgh in 2012 and 明らかにする／漏らすd a diagnosis of Parkinson’s 病気 six years later.
Dolly was the first 哺乳動物 to be cloned from an adult 独房, but not the first ever sheep to be cloned.
Prof Wilmut hoped cloning would mean no 種類 became extinct ? but Dolly also helped to 開拓する 茎・取り除く 独房 研究.
He was 述べるd as a “巨人 of the 科学の world” and a “世帯 指名する”.
Dolly the sheep with embryologist Professor Sir Ian Wilmut at the University of Edinburgh´s main library 展示 gallery (Andrew Milligan/PA)
Scientists 指名するd Dolly after singer Dolly Parton, because she was cloned using a 独房 from the mammary （分泌する為の）腺 of a six-year-old Dorset Finn ewe, and she was kept a secret for the first months of her life.
Dolly 再生するd but died in 2003 ? but is now on 陳列する，発揮する in the 国家の Museums of Scotland.
Prof Bruce Whitelaw FRSB, director of the Roslin 学校／設ける, said: “With the sad news today of Ian Wilmut’s passing, science has lost a 世帯 指名する.
“Ian led the 研究 team that produce the first cloned 哺乳動物 in Dolly.
“This animal has had such a 肯定的な 衝撃 on how society engages with science and how scientists engage with society.
“His 遺産／遺物 運動s so many exciting 使用／適用s 現れるing from animal and human biology 研究.”
Professor Sir Peter Mathieson, 主要な／長／主犯 and 副／悪徳行為-（ドイツなどの）首相／（大学の）学長 of the University of Edinburgh, said: “We are 深く，強烈に saddened to hear of the passing of Professor Sir Ian Wilmut.
“He was a 巨人 of the 科学の world, 主要な the Roslin 学校／設ける team who cloned Dolly the sheep ? the first 哺乳動物 to be cloned from an adult 独房 ? which transformed 科学の thinking at the time.
“This 打開 continues to 燃料 many of the 前進するs that have been made in the field of regenerative 薬／医学 that we see today.
“Our thoughts are with Ian’s family at this time.”
