Contraceptive Vaccine
Zona pellucida glycoprotein-based contraceptive vaccine reviewed
Published in Vaccine Weekly, September 22nd, 2004
"Zona pellucida (ZP) glycoproteins, due to their critical role in mammalian fertilization, have been proposed as candidate immunogens for development of a contraceptive vaccine. Active immunization studies in a variety of animal species, employing either native or recombinant zona proteins, has established their contraceptive potential. Hence, ZP glycoprotein-based contraceptive vaccines have a very good potential for controlling wildlife population," scientists in India report.
"To make it a realistic...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2004-09-22)
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