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Sperm surface antigens and the prospects for contraceptive vaccine development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2009

Barbara Saxty  and
John Aitken
Barbara Saxty
Affiliation:
MRC Reproductive Biology Unit, Edinburgh, UK Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, 6 Bute Gardens, Hammersmith, London W6 7DW, UK
John Aitken*
Affiliation:
MRC Reproductive Biology Unit, Edinburgh, UK
*
MRC Reproductive Biology Unit, 37 Chalmers Street, Edinburgh EH3 9EW, UK.
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It has been estimated that 500 million couples world-wide have no access to contraception and that approximately 20% of births between 1995 and 2000 will be unwanted. Such statistics have important implications for the rate of world population growth and the possibility of maintaining a sustainable population. Although political change and the empowerment of women across the world will help address these issues, it will also be important to increase the availability of contraceptives; not only the modalities that are in current use, but also novel methods that will satisfy needs that are presently unfulfilled. One such alternative could be a vaccine targeting the human spermatozoon.

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Reproductive Medicine Review , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , July 1997 , pp. 81 - 95
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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