Differences in male and female biology have long been understood to result in health disparities between the sexes.
The reasons for those differences weren’t always fully understood, though.
However there’s research out of Australia that suggests the answer may lie in the immune system.
Specifically, scientists have figured outhow male and female immune systems are different1.
And on top of that, fat tissue itself can affect metabolic function and inflammation, too.
This new cell determines how T-cells function in fat tissuebut as it so happens, only males have it.
