A disagreement over the discovery of the cause of Down’s syndrome has resurfaced in France more than 50 years after the findings were published.
The dispute erupted again at the French Federation of Human Genetics' (FFGH) seventh biennial congress on human and medical genetics in Bordeaux at the end of last month.
Paediatric cardiologist Marthe Gautier, who was involved in the experiments that led to the identification of the extra copy of chromosome 21 — the cause of the syndrome — was due to relate her role in the discovery when two bailiffs arrived with a court authorization to record the session. The FFGH then decided at the last minute to cancel Gautier's presentation
http://www.nature.com/news/down-s-sy...france-1.14690
Speaking of men stealing women's work product.....