Women's Health in the Spotlight

03 July, 2025 

Autoimmune diseases impact women at vastly higher rates than men.  Of the approximately
4% of the global population affected by one of more than 80 different autoimmune diseases, women make up around 80%.  The exact reason for this difference is not clear, and over the years many explanations have been put forward, such as the X chromosome, the microbiome, sex hormones, environmental factors, and microchimerism (the presence of a small number of cells from one individual within the tissues of another genetically distinct individual).

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Health begins with human beings, individuals – men and women are different when it comes to brain and mental disease frequency, severity, symptomatology, risk factors and even response to treatments. Thanks to the gifts from supporters like you the scientific community is starting to take note. We have shown the world that in diseases like Alzheimer’s for instance, disease progression is faster in women than men and women show different levels of biomarkers.

Our goal is to clearly identify such differences in diseases, diagnostic, and treatments, as well as novel technologies, and leverage them for better solutions. We ask for better clinical outcomes, better care, and innovative artificial intelligence (AI)-based solutions. Sex and gender differences are the first steps towards precision medicine, which acknowledges the specific needs of each patient. Our ultimate ambition is the realisation of the Research Institute for Sex and Gender Precision Medicine.