Testosterone-Activated Anti-MS Mechanism Could Protect Women

Showing the importance of studying sex differences in medical research, a team of scientists based at Northwestern University have discovered a molecular mechanism that could help explain why men are less likely than women to suffer autoimmune disease. Men, new research indicates, may enjoy some degree of protection from multiple sclerosis (MS) because they benefit from a testosterone-activated pathway that helps cools the immune response. If this pathway could be activated without testosterone,