InBMC Medicinethis
month, Jesse Berlin and Susan Ellenbergcommenton 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 exposingfetusesto
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
在生物因素,遗传因素icular, that may ultimately
lead to a future of personalised medicine for everybody.

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