International Women and Girls Day in Science: A message to women and girls about what they can and should do for each other and society – health electronic news

February 11, 2025 is the 10th anniversary of International Women and Girls Day in Science. On this remarkable day for women and girls in science, the awarded gynecological researcher and cancer doctor Lucy Gilbert offers this message to women and girls for what they can and should do for each other and society.

Scientists/entrepreneurs of women are more comprehended to dealing with women’s scientific and health needs because they understand better these aspects and have lived experience. In the past, women have had great difficulty in accessing remedies on discoveries that are specific to women, but that is changing. So, continue and you will succeed.

For more than 10 years, my team of scientists and researchers at McGill University and the Research Institute of McGill Health Center are working on endometrial and ovarian cancer test before symptoms occur; It is often too late to cure during the onset of symptoms.

Our team has developed a new screening test is called Wisegenomics (an integrated evaluation of women’s screening with the help of genomics and with Genome Canada, Genome Quebec, MCGill University Health Foundation, we have successfully completed a clinical trial involving more than 4,500 women.

Many altruistic donors and foundations have helped us with this seminar discovery.

On February 6th the Wisegenomic Team Got the McG Innovation Fund Program Deploy Provided by the Generosity of Desjardins, Which Will Help US, of the McGill University Health Center, So it can be available as a clinical test (laboratory developed test).

The Wisegenomics test has two components:

1. Uterine package (pigeon) to detect endometrial and ovarian cancer before causing symptoms.
2. Saliva test that identifies women who have Hereditary genetic risk(hereditary risk) From the development of 5 of the 6 most common cancers affecting women, namely, endometrial, ovarian, breasts, colorectal and pancreatic. Identification of women at risk before They develop cancer gives them the power to take action to prevent the development of cancer. It also provides an opportunity to test family members who can also be at risk.

For Lucy Gilbert

LUCY GILBERT, MD, MSC, FRCOG IS PROFESSOR AND CHAIR, GERALD BRONFMAN Department of Oncology and Robert Kinch Chair of Women’s Health and Professor, DEPARTMENT Necologic Cancer Service, McGill University Health Center (MUHC) and Director, Women’s Health Research Unit, MUHC Research Institute.