Jim al-Khalili talks to tissue engineer Molly Stevens about growing bones, creating finger joints and becoming noticed as a brilliant research scientist.
"The Life Scientific" BBC Radio 4, 15 November 2011-"Tissue engineer, Molly Stevens [Materials], does geeky hard core science but her main aim is to help people.
"The Life Scientific" BBC Radio 4
"Tissue engineer, Molly Stevens [Materials], does geeky hard core science but her main aim is to help people. In the last five years, she's been awarded countless prizes for cutting-edge research and is starting to get noticed beyond the lab. Earlier this year, with some reservations, she agreed to do a photo shoot for Vogue; but as a rule, she'd rather not draw attention to the fact that she's a woman in a man's world. In short, she grows bones. Getting stem cells to grow into bones is a serious challenge but in the last few years, Molly Stevens and her team have made phenomenal progress."
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