Hundreds of Genes Act Differently in Male vs Female Brains, Scientists Discover

Genes on the sex chromosomes would be expected to show different activity between men (with an X chromosome and a Y ...

Harvard scientists create menstruating mice: A discovery that could rewrite women’s reproductive health science

Harvard University scientists have developed the first menstruating mice. This breakthrough allows for new research into ...
Los Angeles Times

A tale worth telling of four women scientists whose names you should know but don’t

You might have heard of Lise Meitner. A native of Austria, she was the first woman to become a full professor of physics in Germany. She also helped discover nuclear fission. Yet the 1944 Nobel Prize ...

Gene on the X chromosome may help explain high multiple sclerosis rates in women

A gene on the X chromosome revs up inflammation in the female brain, which may explain why rates of multiple sclerosis are ...
News Medical

AZoNetwork honors women in STEM on the 10th anniversary of IDWGS

As a network of websites with a truly global audience, AZoNetwork is joining the global effort to close the gender gap. Since the first AZoNetwork website, AZoM, was launched in 2000, we have seen ...
News Medical

This International Women’s Day, Meet the Scientist Changing Women’s Health

For International Women's Day NewsMedical speaks with Prof. Dr. Inge Herrmann about her groundbreaking work at the intersection of engineering, material science, and healthcare innovation. She shares ...

Men need to exercise twice as hard as women for this health benefit, new research finds

According to new research, men may need to exercise twice as much as women to lower their chances of getting coronary heart ...