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Nature 436, 1088 (25 August 2005) | doi:10.1038/4361088d; Published online 24 August 2005

A woman's place in Nature

Fabio Salamanca-Buentello1, Leonor Buentello-Malo2 & Fabio Salamanca-Gómez3

  1. Joint Centre for Bioethics and Canadian Program on Genomics and Global Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L4, Canada
  2. Institute of Research in Anthropology, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, México, DF 04510, Mexico
  3. Unit of Medical Research in Human Genetics, Apartado postal 12-951, México, DF 03020, Mexico

It is astonishing to find, in the celebrated new format of Nature, a prominent transcription of the 1869 Nature mission statement : "...to aid scientific men themselves...".This assertion harks back to archaic times when women had not achieved recognition in science.

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