Maria Ylagan Orosa and the Chemistry of Resistance | Lady Science

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Written By Irina T.

“As a humanitarian, she believed knowledge was something to share, not sell. “When you start an experiment, finish it and write the results for others to use,” she often told her assistants. Her erasure was completed by corporations, who commodified her scientific contributions without acknowledging their origins. “

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