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12.03.09

Obituaries

Gone, but not forgotten.
By Laurie Goldman Posted 12.30.2003 at 5:38 pm 0 Comments

Dolly, 6

The first mammal cloned from an adult cell, whose 1996 birth raised the specter of human cloning, was euthanized February 14 after developing a lung tumor. Dolly got arthritis early in life, which critics cite as evidence of cloning's potential perils. Waggishly named for Dolly Parton because her genesis was a mammary gland cell, the Finn Dorset sheep is now stuffed and on exhibit at the National Museum of Scotland.



Martha Chase, 75

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