Sir Ian Walmut announced in 2018 that he had Parkinson's disease and was prepared to take part in medical trials.
The scientist who successfully cloned Dolly the sheep has died. Sir Ian Wilmut passed away at the age of 79 - 27 years after carrying out the revolutionary feat.
He said: "We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Professor Sir Ian Wilmut. He was a titan of the scientific world, leading the Roslin Institute team who cloned Dolly the sheep - the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell - which transformed scientific thinking at the time. He said previously: "Initiatives of this kind are very effective because they include people with different experience and expertise. It was from such a rich seedbed Dolly developed and we can hope for similar benefits in this project."
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