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This new publication by the Esteve Foundation compiles the scientific submissions and the biographies of twelve top-rank female scientists. However, this publication is not merely a collection of the findings that made them become part of the history of medicine –seven of them were Nobel prize winners– but also an account of the obstacles they had to overcome to pursue their career and gain professional acknowledgement.
For instance Rita Levi-Montalcini, Nobel Prize in Medicine for her discovery of the nerve growth factor. The fact of being a Jewish female researcher during Mussolini’s dictatorship did not stop her from dedicating her whole life to science.
In contrast, Rosalind Franklin’s decisive contribution to one of the most extraordinary accomplishments of the 20th Century –the discovery of the structure of DNA– went overlooked: the Nobel prize was awarded to Watson, Crick and Wilkins in 1962.
Roser Gonzàlez-Duarte, professor of Genetics at the University of Barcelona and coordinator of this publication, presented the book last 15 November 2007 at El Palauet of Barcelona. Accompanied by the contributing authors, she addressed a crowded, mostly female audience.
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Prólogo | R. Gonzàlez-Duarte | [wpdm id=434 type=”btn”] |
1. Elizabeth Helen Blackburn: el camino al telómero | D. Lopes de Oliveira | [wpdm id=435 type=”btn”] |
2. Gerty Theresa Cori | M. Giralt Oms | [wpdm id=436 type=”btn”] |
3. Gertrude Belle Elion: lucha y modestia en un nuevo entorno de investigación farmacológica | L. Rosich / F. Bosch | [wpdm id=437 type=”btn”] |
4. Rosalind Franklin: una vocación científica inquebrantable | R. Gonzàlez-Duarte | [wpdm id=438 type=”btn”] |
5. Dorothy Hodgkin | J. Benach Andreu | [wpdm id=439 type=”btn”] |
6. Rita Levi-Montalcini: la heredera de Hipatia | P. Morales Vidal | [wpdm id=440 type=”btn”] |
7. Barbara McClintock | R. Gonzàlez-Duarte | [wpdm id=441 type=”btn”] |
8. Elizabeth Fondal Neufeld | G. Marfany Nadal | [wpdm id=442 type=”btn”] |
9. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard | J. Baguñà Monjo | [wpdm id=443 type=”btn”] |
10. Janet Rowley | G. Marfany Nadal | [wpdm id=444 type=”btn”] |
11. Helen Brooke Taussig | J. Permanyer Ugartemendía | [wpdm id=445 type=”btn”] |
12. Rosalyn Yalow | N. Cols Coll | [wpdm id=446 type=”btn”] |
- 2. Gerty Theresa Cori
- M. Giralt Oms
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- 10. Janet Rowley
- G. Marfany Nadal
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- 3. Gertrude Belle Elion: lucha y modestia en un nuevo entorno de investigación farmacológica
- L. Rosich / F. Bosch
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- 11. Helen Brooke Taussig
- J. Permanyer Ugartemendía
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- 4. Rosalind Franklin: una vocación científica inquebrantable
- R. Gonzàlez-Duarte
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- 12. Rosalyn Yalow
- N. Cols Coll
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- 5. Dorothy Hodgkin
- J. Benach Andreu
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- 6. Rita Levi-Montalcini: la heredera de Hipatia
- P. Morales Vidal
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- Doce mujeres en la biomedicina del siglo XX Documento completo
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- 7. Barbara McClintock
- R. Gonzàlez-Duarte
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- Doce mujeres en la biomedicina del siglo XX Prólogo
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- 8. Elizabeth Fondal Neufeld
- G. Marfany Nadal
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- 1. Elizabeth Helen Blackburn: el camino al telómero
- D. Lopes de Oliveira
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- 9. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
- J. Baguñà Monjo
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