TY - JOUR
T1 - Contraception
T2 - Search for an Ideal Unisex Mechanism by Targeting Ion Channels
AU - Lishko, Polina V.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by NIH R01GM111802, R21HD081403, Pew Biomedical Scholars Award from Pew Charitable Trust, Alfred P. Sloan Award, and Packer Wentz Endowment Will to P.V.L.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - Targeting sperm ion channels and other sperm-specific proteins is an effective way to develop unisex contraceptives, as they should have decreased side effects. This Science & Society summarizes the current advances in human sperm physiology in attempts to evaluate what would be appropriate targets for unisex contraceptives.
AB - Targeting sperm ion channels and other sperm-specific proteins is an effective way to develop unisex contraceptives, as they should have decreased side effects. This Science & Society summarizes the current advances in human sperm physiology in attempts to evaluate what would be appropriate targets for unisex contraceptives.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84991696157&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.tibs.2016.08.002
DO - 10.1016/j.tibs.2016.08.002
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 27545067
AN - SCOPUS:84991696157
SN - 0968-0004
VL - 41
SP - 816
EP - 818
JO - Trends in biochemical sciences
JF - Trends in biochemical sciences
IS - 10
ER -