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Sex bias in trials and treatment must end

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Gender inequalities in biomedical research are undermining patient care. In the first of three related pieces, Alison M. Kim, Candace M. Tingen and Teresa K. Woodruff call on journals, funding agencies and researchers to give women parity with men, in studies and in the clinic.

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  1. Candace M. Tingen and Teresa K. Woodruff are in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, USA. Teresa K. Woodruff is also in the Department of Biochemistry, Alison M. Kim, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. tkw@northwestern.edu,

    Alison M. Kim, Candace M. Tingen & Teresa K. Woodruff

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See related Opinions on page 689 and page 690, and Editorial on page 665.

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Kim, A., Tingen, C. & Woodruff, T. Sex bias in trials and treatment must end. Nature 465, 688–689 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/465688a

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