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Sex as an important factor in nanomedicine
Mohammah Javad Hajipour1, Haniyeh Aghaverdi1, Vahid Serpooshan2,3,4
1Department of Radiology and Precision Health Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, US.
Abstract:
Nanomedicine has demonstrated substantial potential to improve the quality and efficacy of healthcare systems. Although the promise of nanomedicine to transform conventional medicine is evident, significant numbers of therapeutic nanomedicine products have failed in clinical trials. Most studies in nanomedicine have overlooked several important factors, including the significance of sex differences at various physiological levels. This report attempts to highlight the importance of sex in nanomedicine at cellular and molecular level. A more thorough consideration of sex physiology, among other critical variations (e.g., health status of individuals), would enable researchers to design and develop safer and more-efficient sex-specific diagnostic and therapeutic nanomedicine products.
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