Ian Wilmut

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Ian Wilmut was a British embryologist best known for leading the team that created Dolly the sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell.

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instanceOf academic
embryologist
human
scientist
awardReceived Order of the British Empire
causeOfDeath Parkinson's disease
countryOfBirth United Kingdom NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
coWorker Keith Campbell NERFINISHED
Roslin Institute cloning team NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1944-07-07
dateOfDeath 2023-09-10
doctoralAdvisor Christopher Polge NERFINISHED
educatedAt Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge

University of Nottingham NERFINISHED
employer Roslin Institute NERFINISHED
University of Edinburgh NERFINISHED
ethicsStance advocated responsible use of cloning and stem cell technologies
familyName Wilmut NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork developmental biology
embryology
reproductive biology
gender male
givenName Ian NERFINISHED
hasWork public lectures on bioethics and cloning
scientific papers on animal cloning
honorificTitle Sir NERFINISHED
knownFor cloning of a mammal from an adult somatic cell
leading the team that created Dolly the sheep
languageSpoken English
memberOf Academia Europaea NERFINISHED
Royal Society of Edinburgh NERFINISHED
name Ian Wilmut NERFINISHED
nationality British
notableAchievement advancing techniques in nuclear transfer
first successful cloning of a mammal from an adult somatic cell
notableStudent Keith Campbell NERFINISHED
notableWork creation of Dolly the sheep
occupation embryologist
university professor
placeOfBirth Hampton Lucy NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Edinburgh NERFINISHED
positionHeld director of the MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine
researchInterest cloning
regenerative medicine
stem cell research
residence Scotland
workLocation Edinburgh NERFINISHED

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Dolly the sheep clonedBy Ian Wilmut