Why Don’t Scientists Use Female Mice?
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Recent studies have shown that female mice are rarely used for lab experiments, but what implication does this have on the results of pharmaceutical testing?
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Is NIH policy the best way to sex equality in studies?
https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/scicurious/nih-policy-best-way-sex-equality-studies
“In many scientific fields, the study of the body is the study of boys. In neuroscience, for example, studies in male rats, mice, monkeys and other mammals outnumber studies in females 5.5 to 1.”
NIH to balance sex in cell and animal studies
http://www.nature.com/news/policy-nih-to-balance-sex-in-cell-and-animal-studies-1.15195
“The NIH plans to address the issue of sex and gender inclusion across biomedical research multi-dimensionally — through programme oversight, review and policy, as well as through collaboration with stakeholders including publishers.”
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