Episode 34: Dr Mapula Razwinani talks about plant-based bandages with medicinal features

Polymer Science Podcast

Today I spoke to Dr Mapula about patents, polymers in wound healing treatment, medicinal plants and empowering women in science particularly in Africa. She is a warm, kind and self driven biomedical researcher and entrepreneur with comprehensive accomplishment in clinical research and tissue engineering.

Please check her page on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-mapula-razwinani-17ba6655/

And see her award as L’Oréal-UNESCO FWIS South Africa National Young Talent 2023:

https://www.dut.ac.za/duts-dr-mapula-razwinani-recognised-as-one-of-the-phenomenal-women-scientists/

UNSECO:

https://www.unesco.org/en/prizes/women-science

You can read more about her work here:

https://www.scitcentral.com/article.php?journal=55&article=1218&article_title=The%20Effects%20of%20Pleurostylia%20capensis%20Crude%20Extracts%20on%20the%20Chondrogenic%20Differentiation%20of%20Porcine%20Adipose-Derived%20Mesenchymal%20Stem%20Cells