• Question: If you figured it out how it worked, how would you advertise it?

    Asked by ryder to Gemma on 14 Jun 2011.
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      Gemma Sharp answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      Hi ryder, thanks for the question.

      Do you mean if I figured out how labour works, how would I let other people know about it? Hope so, because that’s what I’m going to answer! (Let me know if I’ve misinterpreted your question though and I’ll try again.)

      Well if I found out how labour and premature labour worked, I’d write all my results up into a report and submit it to a journal. Journals are like a cross between a book and a magazine, and the place all scientific findings are published.

      Journals are mainly read by other scientists, but if I found out something as big as how labour worked though I’d probably be in the newspapers and on the international news too 🙂

      Most scientists don’t make big discoveries like that on their own though, we all work together in my lab to find out how labour works.

      I hope I’ve answered your question, but let me know if not!

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