Four women whose pioneering contributions to science have been largely overlooked.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 41669817.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.110644 and PMC identifier 12893709.
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Abstract
Ethel Browne Harvey and Hilde Pröscholdt Mangold did pioneering research in embryology, Ida Henrietta Hyde helped develop the first microelectrodes for the stimulation of single cells, and Marthe Gautier had a vital role in discovering that Down syndrome is caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21. So why are their names so little known by the scientific community at large?
Medical subject headings
- Embryology