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Revision as of 21:06, 27 June 2018
iGEM Project 2018
The UCSC iGEM team project for 2018 will be to produce steroid hormones in yeast: specifically progesterone. Progesterone is a hormone that the female body naturally produces that can suppress ovulation. The right to control one’s own fertility is a basic human right. Regretfully though, in 2014 it was estimated that 225 million women worldwide aged 15-49 years had unmet need for contraception. These numbers are abysmal and we hope that we can help change that.
Women from every corner of the globe deserve the chance to pursue an education, sports; a career.
Due to a lack of access to contraception, even in the places where strides have been made to educate women about the myths and realities of birth control, we focused on a contraception method...
Progestin pills are used as contraception, however, has damaging side effects to many women.
Progesterone is a hormone that the female body naturally produces that can suppress ovulation.
Progesterone is a hormone that the female body naturally produces that can suppress ovulation.
We are focused on creating Progesterone in Yeast cells in order to...
