Sex matters when it comes to immune responses against infection and disease, study shows (IMAGE)

University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

Sex matters when it comes to immune responses against infection and disease, study shows

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Shokrollah Elahi led a new study showing how anemia can generate different immune responses in females versus males — a finding that further cements the need to stop treating both sexes with the same strategies, he says.

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University of Alberta

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