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Robert McNees

Biochemist Marie Maynard Daly, who studied correlations between heart attacks and cholesterol, and between smoking and lung disease, was born #OTD in 1921. Daly was also part of the team that established the primary nucleic acid bases.

She was the first Black woman to receive a chemistry PhD in the US.

Image: National Institutes of Health

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Show threadRobert McNeesApr 16, 2023

From a few years ago: A great, short piece by Sibrina Collins for Undark Magazine, about Marie Maynard Daly.

https://undark.org/2017/08/07/unsung-marie-maynard-daly-women-stem/

Unsung: Marie Maynard Daly

Daly is known for being the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry, but she should be remembered for so much more.

Undark Magazine
Show threadRobert McNeesApr 16, 2023

Besides her studies linking cholesterol and smoking to health problems, Daly was part of the group that established adenine, guanine, thymine, and cytosine as the primary nucleic acid bases.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2147206/pdf/497.pdf

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@mcnees ✊ go her go
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@mcnees Marie Daly was an ACS Fellow at Rockefeller University, and is honored in our portrait of trailblazing women in science: https://www.rockefeller.edu/support-our-science/women-and-science/portrait-initiative/
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Women & Science Portrait Initiative “Five Trailblazing Women Scientists at The Rockefeller University” (Left to right) Florence R. Sabin, Louise Pearce, Rebecca C. Lancefield, Gertrude E. Perlmann, and Marie M. Daly Brenda Zlamany, 81 x 100 1/4 inches, oil on canvas, 2021 Rockefeller has long been a leader in promoting the careers of women scientists, […]

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@mcnees - Loads of respect for these pioneers. Can’t imagine the education and work environments they endured.
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@mcnees thankfully more and more people are beginning to realize the cholesterol hypothesis is dead and no, cholesterol is not responsible for heart disease. Everyone needs to look at their triglyceride/HDL level and make sure that is good. That is what causes inflammation in the body from eating refined carbs and impacts heart disease. Eat Low carb and good fats and your heart and brain will thrive.