Sex Bias in Trials and Treatment Must End Women remain vastly underrepresented in biomedical research despite significant differences in the way they experience many diseases, medications, and therapies compared to men. Despite federal mandates to include women in studies, there is much that still needs to be done, says Teresa Woodruff, PhD, a leading women’s…

Nanoparticle PSA Test Predicts if Prostate Cancer Will Return Men who have just had their cancerous prostate gland removed have one pressing question for their doctors: Am I cured? But conventional tests haven’t been sensitive enough to provide a concrete answer. Current tests that measure the level of protein called PSA (prostate-specific antigen), which signals…

The Les Turner ALS Foundation 30th Anniversary Symposium (from left) Teepu Siddique, MD, Les Turner ALS Foundation/Herbert C. Wenske Foundation Professor and director of the Division of Neuromuscular Medicine; Joel Schechter, vice president of the Les Turner ALS Foundation; Harvey Gaffen, founding member and president of the Les Turner ALS Foundation; Pembe Hande Ozdinler, PhD,…