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Contraception: Search for an Ideal Unisex Mechanism by Targeting Ion Channels

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibs.2016.08.002
Abstract

Targeting sperm ion channels and other sperm-specific proteins is an effective way to develop unisex contraceptives, as they should have decreased side effects. This Science & Society summarizes the current advances in human sperm physiology in attempts to evaluate what would be appropriate targets for unisex contraceptives.

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