In this week’s Medical Discovery News by UTMB’s David Niesel and Norbert Herzog: While the gender gaps are closing, sometimes the differences between men and women seem as great as the differences between Venus and Mars. For example, men and women tolerate medications very differently. Recently, the National Institutes of Health has required that all cell, animal and human studies it funds have a balanced representation of both genders. While this may increase the cost of developing therapeutics, it will certainly expand our understanding of how medicines affect the genders differently and improve drugs for everyone. [Note: Paid subscription required.