The head of the science lab which created Dolly the sheep has been found hanging in his holiday home.

Professor John Clark, who was believed to have been suffering from depression was found in his remote cottage in the village of Cove, north of Eyemouth, on the Berwickshire coast.

Prof Clark lead the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, one of the world's leading animal biotechnology research centres.

[He was apparently suffering from depression, he had taken time off work, one of his spin-off businesses had failed, etc.]

This appears to be somewhat less suspicious than other recent suicides and accidental deaths of top scientists.

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