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Life Matters turns 30: Cloning Dolly

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A sheep and three lambs grazing in a lush green paddock with dandelions
Dolly the sheep with her triplets(Lucy Darcy Cotton)

As part of our 30th birthday celebrations on Radio National, Life Matters brings you a conversation with British embryologist Sir Ian Wilmut from 1998.

He is speaking to Geraldine Doogue about the ethical questions cloning Dolly the sheep has raised, many of which are still relevant today. Dolly was the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell.

Presenter: Geraldine Doogue

Guest (1998)

Professor Sir Ian Wilmut, embryologist

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Radio Broadcasting, Radio, ABC, History Education, Community and Society, Animal Science, Genetics
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