Naz RK

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus
lab-animal 2012
Molecular reproduction and development ·doi:10.1002/mrd.22002

The population explosion and unintended pregnancies resulting in elective abortions continue to impose major public health issues. This calls for a better method of contraception. Immunocontraception has been proposed as a valuable alternat…

review 2009
Journal of Reproductive Immunology ·doi:10.1016/j.jri.2009.06.260

Contraceptive vaccines targeting sperm are an exciting proposition. This review is focused on anti-sperm contraceptive vaccines and genetically engineered human antibodies that can be used as immunocontraceptives. Various methods of vaccino…

review 2009
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ·doi:10.1111/j.1600-0897.2008.00663.x

PROBLEM: This is a review of anti-sperm contraceptive vaccines (CV), and synthesis of human scFv antibodies that can be used as immunocontraceptives. METHOD OF STUDY: Various methods of proteomics and genomics, peptide synthesis, phage dis…

review 2005
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dei256

Contraceptive vaccines (CV) may provide viable and valuable alternatives to the presently available methods of contraception. The molecules that are being explored for CV development either target gamete production [luteinizing hormone-rele…