Ian Wilmut
Ian Wilmut
Sir Ian Wilmut, OBE FRS FMedSci FRSEis a British embryologist and Chair of the Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He is best known as the leader of the research group that in 1996 first cloned a mammal from an adult somatic cell, a Finnish Dorset lamb named Dolly. He was granted an OBE in 1999 for services to embryo development. In December 2007 it was announced that he would be knighted in the 2008 New...
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth7 July 1944
ethically heard hope personally potential produce
I personally have still not heard a potential use of this technique, to produce a new person, that I would find ethically acceptable, ... ...on that basis, I hope that you're wrong.
component effort key rather research
It is a key component of the international effort to co-operate in research rather than compete,
agreement prohibit rules welcome
We would welcome any rules for an international agreement of any kind to prohibit this work. I think you shouldn't underestimate the difficulties of this research,