Dolly the sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult cell, was born 10 years ago today, a birth met with elation by scientists who see cloning as a potential cure for illnesses and alarm by those who are fearful of a future populated by less-than-human clones.But Ian Wilmut, the scientist whose team at Scotland’s Roslin Institute cloned Dolly ââ?¬â? born July 5, 1996, and euthanized in 2003 because of lung disease ââ?¬â? says the most interesting thing about the past decade is what has not happened.
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