Friends who have studied junior high school biology will most likely be familiar with the world’s first cloned sheep, Dolly the Sheep. Its “father” was Ian Wilmut, a great scientist. He passed away recently after 79 years. The University of Edinburgh in the UK released an obituary on the 11th saying,Ian Wilmut, "the father of sheep cloning" and a famous expert in embryology and regenerative medicine, passed away due to illness on September 10 at the age of 79..
The team led by Wilmut at the Roslin Institute created the world's first somatic cloned mammal, Dolly the sheep, in 1996. This achievement caused a huge sensation and is still influencing many research efforts in fields such as regenerative medicine.
In addition to publishing papers in international academic journals such as Nature and Science, Wilmut has also written many books such as "After Dolly: The Uses and Misuses of Human Cloning Technology".
Wilmut retired from the University of Edinburgh in 2012.In 2018, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and announced his support for research projects related to Parkinson's disease, Peter Matheson, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, said in his obituary that Wilmut was a "giant in science" and that it was deeply saddening to learn of his death.