Founded in 1998 which revealed that the organs of men and women are different and can’t be treated the same.
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The Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine
We Fund the Future
The Foundation for Gender-Specific Medicine
We Fund the Future
Exploring the differences in human function between men and women.
Sex does matter. It matters in ways that we did not expect. Undoubtedly, it also matters in ways that we have not begun to imagine.
Biological gender and environment profoundly impact the way genes function and, as a result, the very structure and composition of tissues and organs.
The Foundation for Gender Specific Medicine (FGSM) is a New York based non-profit organization that supports the investigation of the ways in which biological sex and gender impact normal human function. Men and women experience many of the same diseases differently. Gender-specific science produces lifesaving insights into human physiology and improves healthcare for all.
What We Do
History
Founded in 1998 which revealed that the organs of men and women are different and can’t be treated the same.
Story
Supporting original scientific research in gender-specific medicine.
Books
We have authored several books explaining the difference in male and female physiology and why biological sex is so important in defining human function.
Books
We have authored several books explaining the difference in male and female physiology and why biological sex is so important in defining human function.
We have authored several books explaining the difference in male and female physiology and why biological sex is so important in defining human function.
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