Sheryl Sandberg’s new book Lean In: Women, Work,and the Will to Lead (1)—along with Nature’s recentcoverage (March 7, 2013) on why women are less likelythan men to pursue a career in science or reach the highestlevels within their field—raise “big picture” questionsabout the gender gap in scientific and clinical professions.Yet it is also important that we recognize a “small picture”question related to sex in science: why an XX-XY knowledgegap persists in basic science and preclinical and evenclinical research.
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