The future
Little about the process that created Dolly was actually new. Technically, Dolly was not even the first clone, but she was the most famous.
Potential uses for cloning whole animals may include farming, producing proteins for medical and nutritional use, or the cloning of genetically modified pigs to be organ donors for humans. Additionally, "therapeutic" cloning which involves cloning embryos in order to collect cells could lead to treatments for many human degenerative conditions, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
However, public opinion is divided on the ethics of any type of cloning and Dolly's death will fan the flames of the debate
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| See the equipment used to create Dolly in the Who am I? gallery at the Science Museum. |
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