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Recent articles published in Nature point out how sex bias,primarily concerning male-exclusivity,in biological research result in misleading and ambiguous science.1-4 For example,the majority of animal studies published in academic journals used only males,while only very limited studies were investigated in females or both sexes.The consequences of such male-favored sex bias in biomedical studies had lead to a huge cost in the biomedical industry including drug development.Between 1997and 2001,eight out of 10 prescription drugs were withdrawn from the market by the US FDA because they showed more side effects
Recent articles published in Nature point out how sex bias, was concerned with male-exclusivity, in biological research result in misleading and ambiguous science.1-4 For example, the majority of animal studies published in academic journals used only males, while only very limited studied were investigated in females or both sexes.The consequences of such male-favored sex bias in biomedical studies had lead to a huge cost in the biomedical industry including drug development.Between 1997 and 2001, eight out of 10 prescription drugs were withdrawn from the market by the US FDA because they showed more side effects