title: The WHO Task Force on Vaccines for Fertility Regulation. Its formation, objectives and research activities.
abstract: Over the past 18 years, the WHO Task Force on Vaccines for Fertility Regulation has been supporting basic and clinical research on the development of birth control vaccines directed against the gametes or the preimplantation embryo. These studies have involved the use of advanced procedures in peptide chemistry, hybridoma technology and molecular genetics as well as the evaluation of a number of novel approaches in general vaccinology. As a result of this international, collaborative effort, a prototype anti-HCG vaccine is now undergoing clinical testing, raising the prospect that a totally new family planning method may be available before the end of the current decade.
authors.affiliation: Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Griffin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000276:immunology; D003269:Contraception, Immunologic / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010063:Ovum / Q000276:immunology; D010920:Placenta / Q000276:immunology; D010928:Placental Lactogen / Q000276:immunology; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000276:immunology; D014944:World Health Organization
chemical_list: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D010928:Placental Lactogen