Invisible Women - murderous menstrual blood
Hello GFPs, let's have a look at what the scientists have been up to this week, I'm sure they'll be having a TOTALLY NORMAL ONE!!!!
Gender data gap of the week
This is the answer we received from a journal with IF 9.26 from Springer. The paper is about stem cell therapy using stromal cells from menstrual blood, which are now deeply studied and have shown a great potential and safety.
#WomenInSTEM #researchpaper @GrumpyReviewer2
Oh dear. Very very oh dear. I contacted Federica to find out who had actually written this drivel, and while it would have been bad enough if it had been an external reviewer, it turns out it was THE ACTUAL EDITOR. The manuscript was rejected.
And then, to make matters worse, it turns out this isn't even an isolated incident:
I can totally relate to this. Every single submission about the potential of menstrual 🩸stromal cells for therapy came with a reviewer objection on the use of “dead/toxic cells”. We even had a pre-made response with references ready. We used it EVERY SINGLE TIME.
Federica Helena Marinaro @HelenaFederica
So that's why we know next to f all about the menstrual cycle, thanks lads.
Meanwhile, I am finding myself INCREDIBLY IRRITATED by blithe statements such as these:
YES THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT IT'S THAT NO ONE BOTHERED TO COLLECT THAT EVIDENCE (with honourable exceptions).