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Dolly the Sheep
Scientist Explains How Cloning Can Cure Human Disease

  By Phoebe Goldenberg • June 19, 2014 Uncategorized
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In this TED Talk, Sir Ian Wilmut, the founding director of the Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, explains how cloning research can produce ground-breaking advances in regenerative science and curing human disease. Wilmut is best known as the leader of the research team that cloned the … Continue reading

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Scientists Comment on Dolly the Sheep

  By Sarah Dejak • June 19, 2014 Uncategorized
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Ian Wilmut, part of the Scottish team of scientists who helped to clone Dolly the sheep, and Doctor Jon Gordon of Mount Sinai Hospital comment on the unexpected scientific breakthrough that was achieved. In this account, the scientists describe the delicate process and explain that it took nearly 300 tries … Continue reading

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The Uproar That Accompanied Dolly the Sheep

  By Sarah Dejak • June 19, 2014 Uncategorized
The Uproar That Accompanied Dolly the Sheep

On July 5, 1996 scientists at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland successfully cloned an adult mammal for the first time. The mammal was created from cells of a 6-year old sheep and they named it, Dolly. Here, scientists responsible for this breakthrough discuss the delicate process of cloning, the … Continue reading