Why “sex as a biological variable” conflicts with precision medicine initiatives

Policies that require male-female sex comparisons in all areas of biomedical research conflict with the goal of improving health outcomes through context-sensitive individualization of medical care. Sex, like race, requires a rigorous, contextual approach in precision medicine. A “sex contextualist”...

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Autores principales: DiMarco, Marina, Zhao, Helen, Boulicault, Marion, Richardson, Sarah S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9043982/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35492240
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100550
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description Policies that require male-female sex comparisons in all areas of biomedical research conflict with the goal of improving health outcomes through context-sensitive individualization of medical care. Sex, like race, requires a rigorous, contextual approach in precision medicine. A “sex contextualist” approach to gender-inclusive medicine better aligns with this aim.
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spelling pubmed-90439822022-04-28 Why “sex as a biological variable” conflicts with precision medicine initiatives DiMarco, Marina Zhao, Helen Boulicault, Marion Richardson, Sarah S. Cell Rep Med Commentary Policies that require male-female sex comparisons in all areas of biomedical research conflict with the goal of improving health outcomes through context-sensitive individualization of medical care. Sex, like race, requires a rigorous, contextual approach in precision medicine. A “sex contextualist” approach to gender-inclusive medicine better aligns with this aim. Elsevier 2022-04-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9043982/ /pubmed/35492240 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100550 Text en © 2022 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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