The contribution of Asian scientists to global research in andrology

作     者：Geoffrey MH WAITES 

作者机构：Clinic for Infertility and Gynaecological Endocrinology University Hospital of Geneva SWITZERLAND and Department of Medicine Unnversity of Sydney Sydney NSW 2006 AUSTRALIA 

出 版 物：《Asian Journal of Andrology》 (亚洲男性学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：1999年第1卷第1期

页      面：7-12页

核心收录：

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100210[医学-外科学(含：普外、骨外、泌尿外、胸心外、神外、整形、烧伤、野战外)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：andrology Asia contraception vas occlusion gossypol Tripterygium hormonal methods World Health Organization 

摘      要：Aim: To present a personal account of the involvement of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the collaborativedevelopment in Asia of those areas of andrology concerned with male contraception and reproductive ***: The andrology training through workshops and institution support undertaken by the WHO HumanReproduction Programme (HRP) and how they contributed to the strengthening of andrology research in Asia aresummarised. Results: The author s experience and the Asian scientific contributions to the global research in thefollowing areas are reviewed: the safety of vasectomy and the development of new methods of vas occlusion; gossypoland its failure to become a safe, reversible male antifertility drag; Tripterygium and whether its pure extracts will passthrough the appropriate toxicology and phased clinical studies to become acceptable contraceptive drugs; hormonalmethods of contraception for men. Conclusion: The WHO policy of research capacity building through training andinstitution strengthening, together with the collaboration of Asian andrologists, has created strong National institutionsnow able to direct their own programmes of research in clinical and scientific andrology.