Ian Wilmut

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5 total works indexed

1. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

   · 2020 · cited 34,710x

2. RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials

   · 2019 · cited 23,872x

3. <i>PHENIX</i>: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution

   · 2010 · cited 23,328x

4. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

   · 2001 · cited 18,518x

5. A global reference for human genetic variation

   · 2015 · cited 17,410x

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Quotes

• “It is quite likely that it is possible, yes. But what we've said all along -- speaking for both the (Roslin) Institute and the PPL staff - is that we would find it ethically unacceptable to think of doing that. We can't think of a reason to do it. If there was a reason to copy a human being, we would do it, but there isn't.”
• “Any kind of manipulation with human embryos should be prohibited.”
• “I'd remind you that in these experiments so far, about one quarter of the lambs that were born alive died within a few days because they hadn't completed normal development. Now, what may be being suggested here is that copies of children would be being produced, and some of those would die soon after birth. So I think that for a clinician to be suggesting doing that is a quite appalling and sad thing for him to be suggesting.”
• “I think the initial reason why I became interested in farming is that I wanted to be outdoors. I've always enjoyed being outdoors. And so, I looked around and when I was at high school, probably 14 or so, my parents through friends arranged for me to be able to go work on farms on the weekend.”
• “Is this sort of thing which has been thought about beneficial? So that if you're asking the question, for example, "Is it appropriate to think of making a copy of a person?" You have to ask not only, "What is the benefit to the people who are asking for this to be done?" But also, "What's the impact on the child that's going to be produced?" And that last bit I think often gets missed out.”

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Key facts

Born

( 1944-07-07 ) 7 July 1944, Hampton Lucy , Warwickshire, England

Died

10 September 2023 (2023-09-10) (aged 79)

Education

University of Nottingham ( BSc ) Darwin College, Cambridge (PhD)

Known for

Cloning Dolly the sheep

Awards

OBE (1999) Ernst Schering Prize (2002) Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (2005) Shaw Prize in Life science and medicine (2008) Knight Bachelor (2008)

Fields

Embryologist

Institutions

Roslin Institute University of Edinburgh

Thesis

The preservation of boar semen (1971)

Doctoral advisor

Christopher Polge

Website

crm .ed .ac .uk /research /group /redirecting-cell-fate

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