Tulane University leads effort in sex-based precision medicine with NIH grant

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Tulane UniversityJul 15 2024

Principal investigators Dr. Franck Mauvais-Jarvis, professor of medicine and director of the Center of Excellence in Sex-Based Biology & Medicine at Tulane University, and Dr. M.A.

The COBRE will fund a wide spectrum of innovative research involving investigators from across the university. This includes a first-of-its-kind investigation of how biological sex and estrogen impact pneumonia infections -; and why women are more susceptible. Researchers will also work to engineer sex-specific, miniaturized models of human tissues and organs to study sex differences in diseases without the need for animal models.

 

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