From cloning to CRISPR: The center that created Dolly designs epidemic-resistant animals

“Am I tired of answering questions about Dolly? Not at all, she was transformative,” explains Bruce Whitelaw, who runs the Roslin Institute near Edinburgh. Whitelaw, wearing a tartan jacket and tie, greets EL PAÍS and explains the new direction of his animal science research center: “We now do fantastic science, we have created pigs resistant to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome. The number of farmers going bankrupt because of this disease is enormous. It has a huge impact, agreed, but it will not be as big as Dolly. She was unique.”

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