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7 Women Scientists Who Defied the Odds and Changed Science Forever
On 3/8/21 at 12:01 AM EST
As with many industries, science has a woman problem. Only around 30 percent of researchers around the world are women according to UNESECO, and those who do work in science, technology, engineering and mathematical (STEM) fields are often paid less than their counterparts.
Women who excel in STEM subjects defy the odds stacked against them. To mark International Women s Day, let s take a look at just a handful of women who have changed our world for the better.
Rachel Carson, marine biologist and writer
Rachel Louise Carson pictured at around age 55 in 1961.
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ROCKVILLE, Md., Feb. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) announced today that the 2021 Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research will be awarded to Tak W. Mak, Ph.D., senior scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and university professor at the University of Toronto, and Mark M. Davis, Ph.D., professor of microbiology and immunology at the Stanford University School of Medicine, for their breakthrough discoveries of the structure of T-cell receptor (TCR) and pioneering research in deciphering the mechanisms of T-cell recognition and development. These discoveries have formed a critical part of contemporary immuno-oncology and the molecular foundation for life-saving CAR (chimeric antigen receptor) T-cell therapies, a novel T-cell-based immunotherapy approach already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of several types of blood cancer.