Excited to share our new paper: despite 61% of #HCM studies still using only male rodents, we show that including both sexes reveals critical differences in behaviour and disease progression that would otherwise remain hidden.
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On the importance of including both sexes in animal studies – insights from home‐cage monitoring
A review of behavioural studies using home-cage monitoring (HCM) systems revealed that over 61% of studies used only male subjects, with only 24% including both sexes, despite evidence of substantial...