Immunocontraception uses an animal own immune system to prevent it from producing offspring. It typically works by giving the animal a vaccine that triggers an adaptive immune response causing temporary infertility, and contraceptive vaccines of this kind have been used in a number of settings to control wildlife populations. The approach has so far been applied only to mammals, targeting several different points in mammalian reproduction, and it is not currently approved for use as a contraceptive in humans, though researchers see it as a field that could eventually extend to human contraception with further development.
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Immunocontraception is the use of an animal's immune system to prevent it from fertilizing offspring.
2. Immunocontraception (Wikipedia)
Immunocontraception - Lead section
Immunocontraception is the use of an animal's immune system to prevent it from fertilizing offspring.
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In 1929, the first recorded attempt at immunocontraception was made by Morris Baskin, clinical director of the Denver Maternal Hygiene Committee.
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