Birthdate: July 7, 1944
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hampton Lucy, England
Ian Wilmut, a British embryologist, led the research group that cloned the first mammal from an adult somatic cell, Dolly the sheep, in 1996. He chaired the Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. Wilmut received an OBE in 1999 and was knighted in 2008 for his contributions to embryo development. He was also awarded the 2008 Shaw Prize for Medicine and Life Sciences for his pioneering work on cell differentiation in mammals.
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