U.S. health agency to erase sex bias in biomedical studies

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U.S. health agency to erase sex bias in biomedical studies

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-health-agency-erase-sex-bias-biomedical-studies-162747788.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/CVrZtf6mEXiShszETNKAPA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-05-16T162747Z_1_LYNXMPEA4F0JD_RTROPTP_2_NEPAL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="People holding a doctor's prescription ask for medicine after receiving free treatment during an event organized by the Amnesty International in Nuwakot" align="left" title="People holding a doctor's prescription ask for medicine after receiving free treatment during an event organized by the Amnesty International in Nuwakot" border="0" /></a>The U.S. government's medical research agency is taking steps to erase sex bias in pivotal biomedical studies that pave the way for human clinical trials, saying scientists too often favor male over female laboratory animals and cells. A new requirement announced on Wednesday by the National Institutes of Health for researchers applying for NIH funding is likely to have a big influence because the agency is one of the world's top financial backers of biomedical studies, spending about $30 billion annually. Beginning October 1, researchers seeking NIH grants must report their plans for balancing male and female cells and animals in preclinical studies, with only &quot;rigorously defined exceptions.&quot; The NIH also plans to train grant recipients and its own staff on designing studies without sex bias.</p><br clear="all"/>

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