At the Roslin Institute near Edinburgh, Dolly was cloned by Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell with an adult somatic cell taken from a six year old ewe's udder, through the process of nuclear transfer.
However, Dolly only lived for six years, dying from a progressive lung disease on the 14 February 2003.
Referred to as the world's most famous sheep, Dolly proved that a cell taken from a specific part of the body could recreate a whole individual.
Not baa-ad, for humans hey?
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