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Bridging the gap: Women in Science ~In fields once dominated by men, women are still underrepresented, but their numbers are increasing

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As a young girl, Anne Moon thought it was cool to hang out in her father’s laboratory on weekends, watching the veterinary pathologist work. Today, she is nationally recognized for her research at the University of Utah into why some hearts develop abnormally and what role genes may play.

Liz Hammond, inspired as a teenager by her female pediatrician, decided to become a doctor. Now, as a prominent immunopathologist, she has helped explain how the human immune system influences cancer and organ-transplant rejection.

Other Utah women are probing how rainforest trees defend their leaves, exploring how to find electrical glitches in airplanes in flight and using mathematics to analyze molecular biology.

By Ronnie Lynn
The Salt Lake Tribune

Full Story: http://www.sltrib.com/ci_3100700

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