New Non-hormonal Contraceptive Targets
These webinars, sponsored by the Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR), Frontiers in Reproduction (FIR), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will focus on emerging technologies and approaches to male and female contraception.
Speakers:
Dr. Lonny R. Levin, Professor of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medical College
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Title: On-demand nonhormonal male contraception via ADCY10 inhibition
Description: Fast-acting sAC inhibitors with slow off-rates can provide safe, pre-coital, on-demand contraception for men which is nonhormonal, orally available, easily tolerated, fast-acting, and readily reversible.
Dr. Celia Santi, Associate Professor of OBGYN, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
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Title: Targeting the sperm-specific K+ channel SLO3 for non-hormonal contraception.
Description: Identification of inhibitors of the sperm specific SLO3 K+ channel that can be developed into a non-hormonal class of female contraceptives that act by targeting sperm capacitation.
Resource Type: Contraceptive Symposium | Resource Category: Education | System: Human | Topic: Contraception | Series: Opening Gates: New Methods and Approaches for Effective Contraception in Both Sexes