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Sir Ian Wilmut: Scientist who cloned Dolly the sheep was no wild-eyed Frankenstein | Science & Tech News
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Modest, mild-mannered and unassuming, Ian Wilmut didn’t fit the popular stereotype of the pioneering scientist. But his work that produced Dolly the sheep in 1996 wasn’t just a landmark in regenerative medicine – it helped reshape the relationship between science and society. The biological significance of Dolly the sheep is often misunderstood. She wasn’t the…
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Sir Ian Wilmut: Scientist who led team which cloned Dolly the sheep dies | UK News
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Sir Ian Wilmut, the man who led the team behind the famous cloned sheep Dolly, has died. Described as a “titan of the scientific world”, he was 79. Announcing Sir Ian’s death, Professor Sir Peter Mathieson, the vice chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, said: “We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of…
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‘Don’t rule out’ COVID-19 lab leak theory, Chinese scientist says | World News
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The possibility COVID-19 could have leaked from a Chinese lab should not be ruled out, a former top Chinese government scientist has said. Professor George Gao, the former head of China’s Centre for Disease Control (CDC), told the BBC Radio 4 podcast Fever: The Hunt for COVID’s Origin: “You can always suspect anything. That’s science.…
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‘Reach for the stars’: British scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock honoured with her own Barbie doll | Science & Tech News
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A British scientist known for her work with the largest space telescope ever made has been honoured with her own Barbie doll. Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock has been immortalised as a one-of-a-kind plastic toy in her likeness in recognition of her achievements making space and science accessible to girls. The 54-year-old, recently appointed chancellor of the…
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Scientist ‘finally in the driving seat’ in race to find cure for daughter’s rare disease TUBB4a leukodystrophy | Science & Tech News
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A scientist in a race against time to find a cure for her daughter’s rare and deadly disease has said they are “finally in the driving seat”. Dr Michelle Teng is trying to develop the world’s first treatment for TUBB4a leukodystrophy before it is too late for her 12-year-old daughter Sofia. The life-threatening genetic condition…
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Swedish scientist Svante Paabo wins Nobel Prize for work on human evolution | Science & Tech News
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A Swedish scientist who used DNA sequencing to find the link between extinct people and modern humans has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. Svante Paabo was given what is arguably the most prestigious prize in the scientific world for discoveries “concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution”. He…