Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS

Amount

$73,220.00

Award Date

7/19/2010

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Mammalian sperm are not able to fertilize eggs immediately after ejaculation. They acquire fertilization capacity after residing in the female tract for a finite period of time in a process known as capacitation [24, 25]. Initially, capacitation was defin