Interdisciplinary research and education are key for a better appreciation of sex and gender
as defining a person, and for novel societal and personalized health-care approaches …

This article is intended to illuminate several important changes in our concept of gender-
specific medicine in the genomic era. It reviews the history of gender-specific medicine …

The announcement that we had decoded the human genome in 2000 ushered in a new and
unique era in biomedical research and clinical medicine. This Third Edition of Principles of …

Progress in studying sex as a biological variable (SABV) is slow, and the influence of
gendered effects of the social environment on biology is largely unknown. Yet incorporating …

As our knowledge of sex-and gender-based medicine (SGBM) continues to grow, attention
to precision in the use of related terminology is critical. Unfortunately, the terms sex and …

As we move through the 21st century one of the most important health issues facing both
men and women is to understand how social forces shape biology and human health, which …

Biological differences between the sexes influence not only individual health but also public
health, biomedical research, and health care. The Institute of Medicine held a workshop …

From the moment of our conception, each of us has a sex. Sex has a major role in
determining the physical attributes of our bodies, the structure of our brains, our behavioral …

Gender medicine is the first step of personalized medicine and patient-centred care, an
essential development to achieve the standard goal of a holistic approach to patients and …

Feminist scientists have offered clear frameworks and research methods for empirically
investigating sex/gender within the biological sciences (Schiebinger 2008; Springer …