sex differences

An off-the-cuff request at the local butcher led to a serendipitous discovery about heart valve disease, leading to potential new sex-specific ways to treat it.

Inhibiting an enzyme variant that contributes to severe COVID-19 in men holds promise for treating SARS-CoV-2 infections. 

Researchers found that male and female mouse hearts respond differently to stress by monitoring chemical and electrical signaling simultaneously for the first time.

Susan Kovats explores the role of sex hormones in autoimmunity to guide the development of therapeutics for lupus, Sjögren’s syndrome, and other diseases that preferentially affect women.

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How stress causes the brain to respond differently to opioids in males and females.

Scientists identified a new sex-specific pain circuit in the brain, laying the groundwork for developing better pain-relieving drugs for both sexes.