International Network for Research and Training in Male Contraceptive Development

“人口过剩是巴西、中国和整个世界未来的一个主要关切，因为贫困、营养不良、疾病、环境污染和自然资源的破坏对人类的健康和福祉产生了不利影响。我们通过生物学研究来解决人口过剩的问题，以开发一种新的有效的男性避孕方法。 位于查佩尔山的北卡罗来纳州大学医学院生殖生物学实验室与下列外国实验室一起参加了一个国际合作网络：1）巴西圣保罗联邦大学保利斯塔医学院药理学系实验药理学室，2）上海市分子男科重点实验室，上海生命科学研究所; 3）南京医科大学第一附属医院泌尿外科生殖医学实验室。 网络活动包括：1）研究合作2）对博士前和博士后学生进行研究培训3）参与教师和学员进行交流访问，进行研究讨论，研讨会和讲习班。 该计划将产生新的研究人员和研究进展，以增加我们对精子如何获得可交配性的了解，并将利用这些信息开发一种新的和改进的男性避孕方法。 最终，我们研究的目标是帮助解决人口过剩的全球问题及其对人类健康和福祉的多重不利影响。 "

"Overpopulation is a major concern for the future of Brazil, China and the entire world because of its adverse effects on the health and well-being of humans resulting from poverty, malnutrition, disease, environmental pollution and destruction of natural resources. We address the overpopulation problem through biological research to develop a new and effective method for male contraception. The Laboratories for Reproductive Biology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill is participating in an international collaborative network together with the following foreign laboratories: 1) Section of Experimental Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2) Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Andrology, Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences and 3) The Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China. Network activities include: 1) research collaborations 2) research training for predoctoral and postdoctoral students 3) exchange visits by participating faculty members and trainees for research discussions, seminars, and workshops. The program will produce new investigators and advances in research to increase our knowledge of how spermatozoa acquire fertilizing ability and will use this information to develop a new and improved method of male contraception. Ultimately, the goal of our research is to help solve the global problem of overpopulation and its multiple adverse effects on the health and well being of humans. "