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Women in clinical trials: A new commentary in BMC Medicine

In BMC Medicine this month, Jesse Berlin and Susan Ellenberg comment on the concerns, controversy and confounding issues surrounding the exclusion of women from clinical trials.

Traditionally, theoretical fears about gender differences in treatment effects and legitimate concerns of exposing fetuses to investigational drugs have surrounded the idea of involving women in clinical trials. Berlin and Ellenberg discuss how gender inequity in clinical research has been challenged, and highlight the broader issue of individual differences in biological factors, and genetic factors in particular, that may ultimately lead to a future of personalised medicine for everybody.

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Mick Aulakh

Assistant Editor, BMC Medicine

Posted by Mick Aulakh at 11:07    Comments (0)