Rationale for single-sex studies. Of 720 articles Woitowich et al. analyzed, only 30 provided an
explanation of why they didn’t include females, or why they didn’t analyze the data according to sex. (Adapted with permission from ref. 10, eLife).

For most of its history, biomedical research and clinical testing has neglected over half of the world’s population.
Finally, researchers and funders are starting to recognize the importance of sex differences.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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