Why are males still the default subjects in medical research?
- Written by Severine Lamon, Associate professor, Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, Deakin University
ShutterstockWomen and girls account for 50% of the population, yet most health and physiology research is conducted in males.
This is especially true for fundamental research (which builds knowledge but doesn’t have an application yet) and pre-clinical (animal) research. These types of research often only focus on male humans, animals and...





