Ï㽶ÊÓƵ News - biomedical /channels/news_feeds/all/term/biomedical/rss en Patently harmful: fewer female inventors a problem for women’s health /channels/channels/news/patently-harmful-fewer-female-inventors-problem-womens-health-331792 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>"Necessity is the <em>father</em> of invention," but where is its mother? According to a new study published in <a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aba6990"><i>Science</i></a>, fewer women hold biomedical patents, leading to a reduced number of patented technologies designed to address problems affecting women.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/woman-scientist.jpg?itok=SLer5Vch" width="160" height="84" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">6 </span><span class="month">July </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 06 Jul 2021 14:11:23 +0000 webfull 171458 at /channels