Why researcher Rosalind Lee, the wife of the Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, didn't receive the award as well?

Since the award's inception in 1901, only 13 women have won Nobel Prizes, raising questions about equity in recognition among male and female contributors.

In research, the last author is usually the leader, indicating that Ambros played a dominant role in the study that garnered the Nobel Prize.

The first author of a study is not necessarily the most important, as authorship order can reflect different contributions to the research process.

Pilar Martin states that the corresponding author—who submits the study—is recognized as the intellectual author, clarifying Ambros’s key role in the research.

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