University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Study Finds Same Genes Act Differently in Males and Females; Discovery May Explain Gender Gap in Disease Risk, Drug Response

UCLA researchers report in a new study that thousands of genes behave differently in the same organs of males and females—something never detected to this degree. The study, published in the August issue of the journal Genome Research, sheds light on why the same disease often strikes males and females differently, and why the genders may respond differently to the same drug.