Category: 6. Chemistry

Based on my own experiences in drug discovery, I think there are two (nearly opposite) large-scale mistakes that can be made relating to women and their treatment.

One is the historical error of treating the entire female side of the human…

‘If I were to become a scientist, that means I could solve these problems that we have in our communities,’ Bathabile Ramalapa recalls of her earliest motivations to make healthcare more equitable and sustainable. Now heading her own…

When Sofia Olendraru started her undergraduate chemistry course at the University of Oxford, UK, she found herself spending up to six hours in the lab with minimal breaks. ‘So if you get your period and you don’t have period products on…

Robyn Norton has had a long-standing commitment to improving the health of women and girls and has published widely on the topic. She is one of the two founding directors of The George Institute for Global Health; she co-established its…

I abandoned my first attempt to write this article due to brain fog. At least it wasn’t cramps, backache or nausea – all examples of the variety of symptoms I might work through for a couple of days a month, thanks to the delights of my…