Creating the world's first cloned mammal was arguably one of the greatest scientific achievements of the 20th Century.
Science correspondentProfessor Sir Ian Wilmut's work, at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, laid the foundations for stem cell research.
The creation of Dolly in 1996 was arguably one of the greatest scientific achievements of the 20th century. There are times when developments in science represent much more than a step forward in knowledge. Occasionally, they change everything. Seeing the Earth from space and the detonation of atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki created big cultural shifts in our view of ourselves and the world around us. At the time, the birth of Dolly the cloned sheep felt like just such a moment.
Bill Clinton, then US President, reflected the public mood when, with much fanfare, he rapidly announced a ban on human cloning experiments. But despite his discomfort he felt the need to explain that the creation of Dolly was for the betterment of humanity, rather than to replace it. He told me that his burning ambition was to find cures for debilitating illnesses.
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