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Women in biotechnology: Barred from the boardroom

The number of women in scientific research is going up — but where academia crosses into industry, men still rule.

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McCook, A. Women in biotechnology: Barred from the boardroom. Nature 495, 25–27 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/495025a

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