Dolly scientists join university
Dolly scientists join university
2008-04-02Newsfeed
The institute famed for creating Dolly the sheep is to share expertise with a university vet school in a new multi-million pound partnership, it has been announced.
The institute famed for creating Dolly the sheep is to share expertise with a university vet school in a new multi-million pound partnership, it has been announced.The Roslin Institute is to join forces with the University of Edinburgh's Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies.It will nearly double in size, while almost £100 million of investment will fund a new building and more research.Professor David Hume, director of The Roslin Institute, said: "The pooling of resources and expertise between Roslin and the university will provide a significant boost to the work of the Institute and herald the start of a period of expansion, with research that has implications for both human and veterinary clinical medicine.Over the next few years, The Roslin Institute plans to double its staff numbers to around 500, adding around 10 more research groups.Research at The Roslin Institute includes preventing and treating many different animal diseases caused by prions (such as BSE and scrapie), viruses and bacteria.Copyright © The Press Association 2008

