A new paper published in Science Advances by Chloe E. Bird, PhD, Director of the Center for Research on Women’s Health, Sex Differences and Population Health at Tufts Medical Center and Sara Murray Jordan Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, highlights a critical challenge in precision medicine: much of the evidence guiding today’s care does not adequately reflect the realities of women’s health.

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