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Janine A. Clayton and Francis S. Collins unveil policies to ensure that preclinical research funded by the US National Institutes of Health considers females and males.

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  1. Janine A. Clayton is director of the US National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women's Health, and associate director for research on women's health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.,
    Janine A. Clayton
  2. Francis S. Collins is director of the US National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.,
    Francis S. Collins

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  2. Francis S. Collins

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Clayton, J., Collins, F. Policy: NIH to balance sex in cell and animal studies.Nature 509, 282–283 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/509282a

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