“Last Year NIH implemented a policy to push scientists to consider how sex affects biological systems,  Critics worry it goes too far.” “Every cell in our bodies has a sex – male or female.  This distinction leads to biological differences between men and women. But many biomedical researchers run experiments predominantly in male animals, eliminating the opportunity to uncover sex differences.”

C&EN March 20, 2017, page 30

Full Article: http://cen.acs.org/articles/95/i12/biomedical-researchers-forgetting-females.html