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Policy: NIH to balance sex in cell and animal studies

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.

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Clayton, J., Collins, F. Policy: NIH to balance sex in cell and animal studies. Nature 509, 282–283 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/509282a

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