Dolly the Sheep creator Knight

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II bestowed knighthood famous creator of the cloned sheep Dolly, Ian Wilmut (Ian Wilmut). From now on, the scientist who was awarded "for service to the science" as Sir, reports BBC. At the ceremony, 63-year Wilmut that "surprised and delighted" award and he receives on behalf of his former colleagues from the Roslin Institute (Roslin Institute) and present colleagues at the Center for Regenerative Medicine at Edinburgh University. "This award highlights the importance of biomedical research to new treatments in regenerative medicine to develop ... research is great hope for the development of treatments for diseases that are currently incurable, including motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis and diseases of the immune system", - said the scientist. Dolly the sheep was cloned the world's first mammal from the DNA of cells in the adult animal. Dolly was born in 1996, was only a year later, after work Wilmut and his colleagues in the scientific journal Nature published known. Currently stuffed Dolly, who died in 2003, is an exhibit of the Edinburgh Royal Museum. Despite the fact that his work has generated controversy, and condemns the numerous opponents of cloning, drove Sir Ian Wilmut, to work in this direction. But in November of this year, the scientists refused further testing, a human embryo, determined to clone involved in the creation of stem cells from adult human skin fragments - a technique recently developed by Japanese scientists. Sir Wilmut explained his decision not to ethical and scientific concerns, saying that the new method is more promising. In addition to Ian Wilmut, was director of the Knights of the British Institute of Cancer Research Bruce Ponder (Bruce Ponder) granted, takes the first studies of genes involved in cancer development, and Bell the President of the British Academy of Medical Sciences John Bell (John ). A knight of the former head of the British Institute of Cancer Research, Alexander McHugh (Alexander Markham) and director of the University College London Hospitals, Robert Naylor (Robert Naylor) were awarded. Muscular Specialist at Oxford University, Kay Davis (Kay Davies) has been awarded the Order of the British Empire.