Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine
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Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine

Sex and Gender-Specific Biology in the Postgenomic Era

  1. 930 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine

Sex and Gender-Specific Biology in the Postgenomic Era

About this book

Awarded with the 2018 Prose Award in Clinical Medicine, the third edition of Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine explored and described exciting new areas in biomedicine that integrated technology into the treatment of disease and the augmentation of human function. Novel topics such as the sex-specific aspects of space medicine, the development and the use of genderized robots and a discussion of cyborgs were included in the third edition, providing a preview of the expanding world of sex-specific physiology and therapeutics. This Fourth Edition is a continuation of the mission to trace the relevance of biological sex to normal function and to the experience of disease in humans.We are now twenty years into the postgenomic era. The investigation of how the genome produces the phenome has led to fascinating insights as well as yet unanswered questions. Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine, Fourth Edition, has a central theme: discuss advances in understanding the role of epigenetics in regulating gene expression in a dynamic, sex-specific way during human life. It explores the protean role of epigenetics in human physiology, the relevance of environmental experience to human function, the therapeutic promise of cutting-edge methodologies like gene manipulation, the preparation of humans for space travel, the use of artificial intelligence in detection and therapeutic decisions concerning disease states, the possibilities for technological support of not only compromised individuals but of the augmentation of human function, and an analysis of the benefits, limitations and issues that surround our current expectations of personalized medicine. - Covers the most important developments in biomedical research in the past decade, with a thoughtful analysis of how they impact patient care - Discusses the feasibility and usefulness of personalized medicine, the limits and promise of genetic editing, the basis for variation in sexual identity and how artificial intelligence and technology will affect basic human function as well as correcting disability - Promotes and facilitates discussions about the ethics and governance issues that surround much of what science is now able to do at the most basic levels of human's physiology

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Front Matter
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contributors
  7. Foreword
  8. Preface
  9. List of Illustrations
  10. List of Tables
  11. Chapter 1 : Is there a role for natural selection in sex differences?
  12. Chapter 2 : Spermatozoa selection in the female reproductive tract: The initiation of the battle of the sexes
  13. Chapter 3 : Gender/sex: Shaping identity in infancy and early childhood
  14. Chapter 4 : A gendered brain perspective from structure to brain interactions
  15. Chapter 5 : Sex-specific implications of exposure to an adverse intrauterine environment
  16. Chapter 6 : Mate choice and the genetic imprint of the battle of the sexes
  17. Chapter 7 : Using the exposome to understand the role of the environment in gender- and sex-specific medicine
  18. Chapter 8 : Regulation of gene expression in the brain by sex hormones
  19. Chapter 9 : Sex-specific differences in mitochondrial function and its role in health disparities
  20. Chapter 10 : Sex differences in fetal programming: Antenatal origins of health and disease (AOHD)
  21. Chapter 11 : Sex differences in the brain: Focus on developmental mechanisms
  22. Chapter 12 : Genes, environments, and epigenetics
  23. Chapter 13 : Epigenetics: Mechanisms, theory, and social implications
  24. Chapter 14 : Adipose-derived stem cells: Use in clinical medicine
  25. Chapter 15 : All cells have a sex: Sex chromosome function at the cellular level
  26. Chapter 16 : Best-laid plans: The establishment of biological sex and its susceptibility to genetic and environmental disruption
  27. Chapter 17 : CRISPR technology and its potential role in treating rare imprinting diseases
  28. Chapter 18 : Parental genome and brain functions: The case of genomic imprinting
  29. Chapter 19 : Microbiome: Impact of sex on function and characteristics of gut microbiome
  30. Chapter 20 : Geoepidemiology and the key role of sex chromosomes on autoimmune diseases
  31. Chapter 21 : Molecular mechanisms of sex differences in epilepsy
  32. Chapter 22 : Consideration of biological sex in stem cell therapies
  33. Chapter 23 : Sex and the human brain: Moving beyond the binary
  34. Chapter 24 : Genomic and epigenomic signature at the branch-point among genome, phenome, and sexome in health and disease: A multiomics approach
  35. Chapter 25 : The importance of gender-specific medicine in the pharmaceutical industry, clinical practice, and global health care
  36. Chapter 26 : The neurobiology of gender identity and gender dysphoria
  37. Chapter 27 : Nutritional genomics and biological sex
  38. Chapter 28 : The invaluable contribution of animal models in understanding sex-dependent differences in neuropsychiatric disorders
  39. Chapter 29 : Sexual dimorphism in molecular biology of cancer
  40. Chapter 30 : The importance of expeditionary fitness in optimizing the human commercial spaceflight experience
  41. Chapter 31 : Brain morphological changes associated with sexual orientation
  42. Chapter 32 : The operationalization of gender in medicine
  43. Chapter 33 : Precision medicine: Overview and challenges to clinical implementation
  44. Chapter 34 : Assessment of fall risks in older females and males using an automated smartphone mobility suite
  45. Chapter 35 : Statin therapy and sex hormones
  46. Chapter 36 : Exercise physiology in women and men
  47. Chapter 37 : Cerebral effects of gender-affirming hormone treatments in transgender persons
  48. Chapter 38 : Artificial intelligence in healthcare
  49. Chapter 39 : Trauma and gender in primary care
  50. Chapter 40 : Fertility treatment and preservation in transgender men and women
  51. Chapter 41 : Atrial fibrillation in women
  52. Chapter 42 : Sex differences in COVID-19 susceptibility – Reductionistic and holistic perspectives
  53. Chapter 43 : Sex and gender differences in sleep disorders: An overview
  54. Chapter 44 : Estrogen: Impact on cardiomyocytes and the heart
  55. Chapter 45 : Beyond sex and gender differences: The case for women's health research
  56. Chapter 46 : Measurement and meaning of gender/sex from bench to bedside – And the mutuality of equity and precision in medicine
  57. Chapter 47 : Person-centered cancer genetic counseling for transgender and gender diverse patients
  58. Chapter 48 : Musculoskeletal complaints in male and female instrumental musicians
  59. Chapter 49 : Sex, gender, and pain
  60. Chapter 50 : Influence of gender on the pathophysiology and treatment of urological malignancies
  61. Chapter 51 : Beyond the mask: The role of camouflaging in managing an autistic identity for girls and women
  62. Chapter 52 : There is no stronger sex: Evolutionary Anthropology's conclusion based on the sex-typical susceptibility to stress factors during prenatal development
  63. Chapter 53 : Robots and gender
  64. Chapter 54 : Sex specificity in neonatal diseases
  65. Chapter 55 : Human male and female phenotypes depend on lifestyle (smoking and hormonal contraceptives): Implications for prevention and care
  66. Index
  67. A