Sex as an important factor in nanomedicine

Mohammah Javad Hajipour, Haniyeh Aghaverdi, Vahid Serpooshan, Hojatollah Vali, Sara Sheibani () and Morteza Mahmoudi ()
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Mohammah Javad Hajipour: Michigan State University
Haniyeh Aghaverdi: Michigan State University
Vahid Serpooshan: Emory University School of Medicine, Georgia Institute of Technology
Hojatollah Vali: McGill University
Sara Sheibani: McGill University
Morteza Mahmoudi: Michigan State University

Nature Communications, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23230-9

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