• Question: whats the biggest breakthrough youve ever made

    Asked by ludo4444 to Jen, Jill, Mel, Phil, Stef on 14 Mar 2013. This question was also asked by helenj.
    • Photo: Jennifer Paxton

      Jennifer Paxton answered on 14 Mar 2013:


      I was the first person in the world to produce an in vitro (meaning in the lab) artificial ligament that had bony interfaces on it (bits that would attach to the bone if it was to be implanted into the tissue). I’ve also been part of a couple of patent applications which means we’ve invented something else pretty cool and we want to protect our discovery (so that nobody else can use it) but unfortunately I can’t tell you about that……yet(!) because it is confidential.

    • Photo: Stefan Piatek

      Stefan Piatek answered on 16 Mar 2013:


      I’ve found out that things on natural killer cells (a fantastic name right?, they’re one of our fighter cells) move around in different ways, making them not respond to danger!

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