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Immunization
Research from West Virginia University in the area of immunization described
July 2nd, 2008
New investigation results, 'Presence of antisperm antibodies reactive with peptide epitopes of FA-1 and YLP12 in sera of immunoinfertile women,' are detailed in a study published in American Journal of Reproductive Immunology. "PROBLEM: Recent studies in several laboratories are focused on delineating sperm antigens that are relevant to fertility and examining involvement of antibodies to these antigens in human immunoinfertility. Our laboratory has characterized two such antigens, namely fertilization antigen (FA-1) and YLP12 dodecamer sequence that are involved in sperm-oocyte binding," scientists writing in the American Journal of Reproductive Immunology report....
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-07-02)
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