Another female scientist whose work was slighted by male colleagues

[Lionel Mandrake]

Lise Meitner, Rosalind Franklin and many others: make room for Marthe Gautier, whose talk was cancelled hours before she was to present her side of the story at a meeting in Bordeaux.

http://www.nature.com/news/down-s-syndrome-discovery-dispute-resurfaces-in-france-1.14690

[Lionel Mandrake]

2. You're right.

In this case, good old fashioned greed is also a factor. The drug companies would rather not pay royalties, so they are looking for a synthetic analog of 3-bromopyruvate.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. It's a tough world for female scientists...

It takes a good dose of luck and lots of luck for them to get the recognition they truly deserve.

[Lionel Mandrake]

4. My dear CP,

As usual, you are absolutely right. At the risk of getting flamed, I'll say that things are not as bad as they used to be for female scientists in the the USA and Western Europe (and some other places), but there is still room for improvement everywhere.