Colleagues of the creator of Dolly's cloned sheep demand to deprive him of the title of knight

The loud scandal erupted in the UK when a group of scientists demanded to deprive the famous British biologist Ian Wilmut, who is considered the "father" of the cloned sheep Dolly, the knightly title and the right to be called Sir.

In a special letter addressed to the Queen of Great Britain, Elizabeth II, Wilmut's colleagues claim that he “did not play a significant role” in Dolly's cloning, and ask the queen to reconsider her decision. At the end of December last year, Wilmat was dedicated to the queen in knights in recognition of his scientific merits in the field of genetics.

In 1996, scientists from the Scottish Roslinsky Institute were the first in the world to clone the animal (sheep) from adult cells. As announced then, the work was led by Professor Wilmut, who received worldwide fame in this regard. However, now a group of scientists, who also took part in the work of the creation of Dolly, has called into question the merits of Wilmat, reports ITAR-TASS.

During the court hearings in the UK, initiated by the former colleague of Wilmut by Uglo Singh, who accused him of "persecution of racial motives", Wilmut admitted that "Dolly did not create." At the same time, during the hearing, he stated that the "66%" merits in the appearance of Dolly were a share of another institute employee - Professor Keis Cambell.

It was Campbell to the first who came up with the idea of ​​coordinating the cycles of an enucleic (devoid of nucleus) recipient cell and cell, the genetic material of which was intended for cloning. Nevertheless, only after 430 attempts managed to get the only viable embryo - Embrion Dolly.

Dolly was born on July 5, 1996. The world learned about her birth only seven months later - February 23, 1997. Wilmut and his colleagues demonstrated the first mammal in history, which received the way of cloning. Then it was first proved that if you take DNA from the cage of an adult and transplant it into the egg, you will get a viable genetic copy.

In the sixth year of life, Dolly discovered a number of genetic anomalies (in particular, the process of accelerated aging cells), which led to arthritis and lung diseases, and the sheep had to be put to sleep.