Dolly, the most famous sheep since Mary’s little lamb, was euthanized on Feb. 14 to prevent further suffering after she acquired a severe lung infection. The sheep, which was 6 years old, was the first mammal to be cloned from the DNA of an adult, and its birth set the stage for the current furor over human cloning (SN: 4/5/97, p.
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