The New NIH Policy on Sex as a Biological Variable

The New NIH Policy on Sex as a Biological Variable

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Dr. Sinha Speaking:

The NIH has a new policy on considering sex as a biological variable in the research that is being conducted.

I think it's a very important policy because it allows us to understand the biology more specific to the differences in men and women.

It allows us to begin to not only understand the biology to tailor our treatments and understand the risk factors that may be affecting boys and girls or men and women differently we have not had that in all of the diseases that affect us as humans.

This is a new turn what we are going to end up having is data and science that will specifically address whether it is some more or different and in what ways specific to women's health versus men's health.