Policy: NIH to balance sex in cell and animal studies

Nature. 2014 May 15;509(7500):282-3. doi: 10.1038/509282a.

Abstract

Janine A. Clayton and Francis S. Collins unveil policies to ensure that preclinical research funded by the US National Institutes of Health considers females and males.

MeSH terms

  • Animal Experimentation* / standards
  • Animals
  • Animals, Laboratory
  • Biomedical Research / economics
  • Biomedical Research / methods*
  • Biomedical Research / standards
  • Cell Line
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental / pathology
  • Female
  • Financing, Organized / organization & administration
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Multiple Sclerosis / drug therapy
  • Multiple Sclerosis / pathology
  • National Institutes of Health (U.S.)* / economics
  • Neurons / cytology
  • Neurons / drug effects
  • Neurons / pathology
  • Peer Review, Research / standards
  • Research Design* / standards
  • Sex Characteristics*
  • Sex Ratio*
  • Substance-Related Disorders / drug therapy
  • Substance-Related Disorders / physiopathology
  • United States