Female rats are not more variable than male rats: a meta-analysis of neuroscience studies Authors: Becker, JB, Prendergast, BJ, and Liang, JW. There is considerable concern among researchers that including female animals in preclinical research will increase costs, and variability in the data collected. However, in 2015, Dr. Janine Clayton of the NIH Office of […]
Animal Studies, Preclinical Research, sex differences
Female rats are not more variable than male rats: a meta-analysis of neuroscience studies Authors: Becker, JB, Prendergast, BJ, and Liang, JW. Abstract: Background Not including female rats or mice in neuroscience research has been justified due to the variable nature of female data caused by hormonal fluctuations associated with the female reproductive cycle. In […]
Animal Studies, Preclinical Research, sex differences
Sex bias in drug research: a call for change AUTHOR: Alyson J. McGragor In the March 2016 issue of The Pharmaceutical Journal, A Royal Pharmaceutical Publication, we again see a thoughtful article by Dr. Alyson J. McGregor, a founding board member of the Sex and Gender Women’s Health Collaborative. In the article, she makes the […]
Drug Doses, gender, Personalized Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacology, sex, sex differences
Gender Differences in Intervention Effects for High-Impact Conditions among Women Veterans Interesting research from the VA Health Services Research and Development Division which studied what gender differences exist in veterans who have depression, diabetes, and chronic pain syndromes. The VA specifically wanted to better understand sex differences in intervention effects for high-impact medical conditions […]
chronic pain syndromes, Depression, diabetes, fibromyalgia, orthopedics, osteoarthritis, sex differences, Veterans
