The famed biologist's leadership in cloning Dolly the sheep marked a pivotal turning point for advances in regenerative medicine.
: “Ian was such a great ambassador for Roslin. His reach was global. He led back in the 1980s the team that produced Dolly from which so much has come to the Institute, the University of Edinburgh, and indeed to science in general. We have lost one of the best-known science pioneers.”Dolly, born in 1996, was the first mammal in the world to be cloned by an adult somatic cell, with Wilmut leading the team of scientists responsible for the revolutionary medical breakthrough.
A pioneer in genetic research, Wilmut’s loss was further acknowledged by professor Sir Peter Mathieson, the principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Edinburgh. Mathieson called Wilmut a “titan of the scientific world,” saying cloning Dolly the sheep “transformed scientific thinking at the time.” He added: “This breakthrough continues to fuel many of the advances that have been made in the field of regenerative medicine that we see today.
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