Mastodawn

Not the first successfully cloned animal but the first cloned mammal from an adult somatic cell, the birth and survival in Scotland of #DollyTheSheep was announced on #ThisDayInHistory in 1997. Dolly was born 5 July the previous year & her life helped advance #StemCell research.

Brewminate Jul 5, 2025

🧬 On this day in 1996, Dolly the Sheep was born — the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.

She kicked off a wave of biotech revolution — and a deeper conversation about what it means to create life.

Still one of the most pivotal days in modern science.

#DollyTheSheep #TodayInHistory #Bioethics #ScienceMatters

Julie Howlin Jul 5, 2025

She had three mothers: one provided the egg, another the DNA, and a third carried the cloned embryo to term.

10 things you might not know about the first cloned mammal, Dolly the Sheep:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2025/07/5-july-dolly-sheep.html

#BirthAnniversary #Clone #Dollythesheep

5 July: Dolly the Sheep

Born this day in 1996 was Dolly, a female domestic Sheep remarkable in being the first mammal to be cloned. 10 things you may not know abo...

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Bob Downie Sep 12, 2023

Today's cartoon in #TheHerald #Scotland

Sir Ian Wilmut OBE 1944-2023

A sad loss but a cracking cartoon.

#DollyTheSheep

LordWoolamaloo Sep 11, 2023

Sad to hear of Ian Wilmut passing away. Here he is back in 2016, talking during the #Edinburgh Festival with Jim Al-Khalili for a recording of The Life Scientific https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/28898172180/

#TheLifeScientific #Science #IanWilmut #DollyTheSheep #DNA #genetics #photography #JimAlKhalili #radio #radio4