WOULD you and your lover like to exchange rings grown from each other’s bone?
Some will think it a romantic gesture, others will find it grisly. But one willing couple in the UK is about to get the chance, thanks to a government-funded project intended to promote awareness of the issues surrounding tissue engineering.
“It’s for people who want to give a bit of their body to each other,” says Nikki Stott, a jewellery designer at the Royal College of Art in London. She and her colleague Tobie Kerridge are collaborating with Ian Thompson, a bioengineer at King’s College London.…
