Yes, it does—100%. We tend to research what we are interested in, and we're interested in things that we've experienced.
I'll give you a really good example of this. I experienced nausea and vomiting very badly during pregnancy. I was told it was just in my head. I want to make it clear that I had a fantastic health care provider. They just hadn't had the schooling, because we don't have the research in knowing some of these things. She told me not to worry about it, that she could admit me to hospital, but it would go away. I just sucked it up, because that's what you do. My son is now 27 years old, so fast-forward 27 years, and we now know that there's a hormone called GDF15.
I'm sorry, but I've forgotten the name, but it was discovered by a woman in the States. She suffered very extreme nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, and actually ended up losing her baby. The other thing we were told was that it was fine and really safe—but actually not for some people. She was a geneticist. She started to look for a genetic factor for it and found this hormone. Now there are some putative treatments that we can use for people who have really severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy.
When she told her lab that this was what she wanted to start studying, they laughed at her. She persevered, because this was an experience she had. She wanted to know what this meant and why it was happening.
Women scientists are more likely—the data is not 100%—to work on the issues that matter to them. It's important. As you probably know, like in many areas, we don't tend to move up the ladder as well.