Prof. Wilmut is not the father of Dolly sheep

Professor Ian Wilmut, the "father" of Dolly the sheep, the first animal in the world to be born with asexual reproduction has admitted that he is not "the pioneer to break through the line of human research World Edition ".

Prof. Wilmut and Dolly the sheep

Professor Wilmut said so during a trial in Edinburgh (Scotland) when Dr. Prim Singh, 45, a researcher on atomic biology and his Asian associates accused him of trying to eat steal his idea and mock him for his racial origin.

The Telegraph reported, Mr. Singh's lawyer asked, " Are you not the author of the Dolly sheep study? " Professor Wilmut replied " Yes ." Prof. Wilmut also added that in that historical study he only played a "not very important" supervisory role. Moreover, he was not the one who developed the technology or conducted experiments to lead to the birth of Dolly sheep.

The idea for Dr. Campbell's freezing of asexual cells and an important experiment conducted by another scientist, Bill Ritchie, Professor Wilmut said. He also acknowledged that his partner, Dr. Campbell deserves "66% of research" about Dolly sheep. And he himself appeared only as a lead author in a report describing this historic event thanks to Dr. Keith Campbell's preferred consent.

The trial is still ongoing.

Although the conclusions are not yet finalized, but if this is the case, this will be a critical blow to the field of world science after the fraud in the germ cell of Prof. Hwang Woo Suk and raised. an issue of concern in the field of science: fraud and fabrication of research works.

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