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Women are 50–75% more likely to have adverse drug reactions. A new mouse study finally helps explain why

By Laura A. B. Wilson, ARC Future Fellow, Australian National University
Shinichi Nakagawa, Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Synthesis, UNSW Sydney

The assumption that females are just smaller versions of males has been widely used in biomedical research. A new mouse study indicates that’s unlikely to be true.

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