"Sir #IanWilmut, the British scientist who led the team which #cloned Dolly the sheep, has died, the University of Edinburgh in Scotland confirmed in a statement on Monday. He was 79 years old."

This begs an obvious question about Wilmut's redundancy plan upon his death.

https://gizmodo.com/cloning-trailblazer-ian-wilmut-known-for-dolly-the-she-1850825487

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