Wilmut Quotes

We would welcome any rules for an international agreement of any kind to prohibit this work. I think you shouldn't underestimate the difficulties of this research. - Ian Wilmut

Successful cloning of an increasing number of species confirms the general impression that it would be possible to clone any mammalian species, including humans. - Ian Wilmut

Potentially many thousands of animals. - Ian Wilmut

It is not possible to think of a way of screening out effectively the most appropriate embryos, and hence, what we should expect would be late abortions -- either occurring spontaneously or being induced deliberately in the second or third trimester of pregnancy -- in order to prevent the birth of abnormal children. - Ian Wilmut

It is a key component of the international effort to co-operate in research rather than compete. - Ian Wilmut

I think now to contemplate using our present technique with humans would be quite inhuman. - Ian Wilmut

I personally have still not heard a potential use of this technique, to produce a new person, that I would find ethically acceptable... ...on that basis, I hope that you're wrong. - Ian Wilmut