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posted by martyb on Wednesday February 08 2017, @02:23PM   Printer-friendly
from the A-Little-Dab-Will-Do-You? dept.

An experimental new type of male contraceptive that blocks sperm flow with a gel has been successful in monkey trials.

Vasalgel acts as a physical barrier once injected into the tubes that sperm would swim down to the penis.

The company behind it says a two-year trial, published in Basic and Clinical Andrology , shows the gel works and is safe - at least in primates.

It hopes to have enough evidence to begin tests in men within a few years.

If those get funding and go well - two big "ifs" - it will seek regulatory approval to make the gel more widely available to men.

It would be the first new type of male contraceptive to hit the market in many decades.

Vasagel is thought to have the same effect as a vasectomy — but another injection should dissolve the gel plug.

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-38879224

Related: The Perfect Birth Control for Men Is Here. Why Can't We Use It?


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  • (Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Wednesday February 08 2017, @06:28PM

    by cubancigar11 (330) on Wednesday February 08 2017, @06:28PM (#464652) Homepage Journal

    Not the op ac btw.

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  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday February 08 2017, @06:59PM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Wednesday February 08 2017, @06:59PM (#464677) Journal

    It will never lose its force, sorry. Some things are so basic to human biology they'll be as powerful as ever until biology itself changes. 10 gets you 1 OP-AC is, and describes himself as, an "incel."

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 08 2017, @10:31PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 08 2017, @10:31PM (#464803)

      It will never lose its force, sorry.

      Offense is taken, not given. Individuals who realize this can get to the point where even the most try-hard repugnants merely come across as pitiful.

      That is, evocative of pity.

    • (Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Thursday February 09 2017, @07:19AM

      by cubancigar11 (330) on Thursday February 09 2017, @07:19AM (#464904) Homepage Journal

      Yeah... umm... getting laid is the easiest thing in the world right now, so...

      • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday February 09 2017, @08:02AM

        by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday February 09 2017, @08:02AM (#464916) Journal

        That so? Shame. It's not something people should do lightly. Then again, I'm coming at this from a woman's perspective so *shrug* There's some truth to the old U-Haul joke.

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        • (Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Thursday February 09 2017, @03:34PM

          by cubancigar11 (330) on Thursday February 09 2017, @03:34PM (#465032) Homepage Journal

          Woman's perspective, what's that like? There is no biological difference between man and women and all the difference is because of patriarchy and it HATES women and it doesn't involve government funding, judiciary, media, academia, healthcare services etc. Those are just compensating for the patriarchy. The real patriarchy is "i won't have sex from a woman's patriarchy" being insult to a man and "i won't have sex from a man's perspective" being insult to a man. Or something like that, isn't it?

          • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday February 09 2017, @06:53PM

            by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday February 09 2017, @06:53PM (#465167) Journal

            What the fuck does that even mean? That was incoherent, aggrieved whining.

            I've never been one of those morons who thinks biology has no bearing on behavior. That's somewhere between naive and willfully stupid. IIRC statistics show straight and gay women have about the same number of partners; its the gay guys who have waaaaay more than any other group. There's something biological at work here. And you've really never heard the U-Haul joke before?

            "Q: What does a lesbian do on the second date?"
            "A: She drives up in a moving van with all her stuff!"

            Now obviously this is hyperbole, but i *do* find I couldn't tell you when my girlfriend (and my ex girlfriend) and I went from really close friends who do everything together to explicitly being in love, and by that point it almost feels like having been married anyway.

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            I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 09 2017, @09:35AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 09 2017, @09:35AM (#464931)

    Not the op ac btw.

    Of course it is, cuban, you little pig-fucker you! Just saying. Did you know that there are venereal diseases that can be transmitted between barnyard animals and humans? I hope you are using "protection". Also, illegal in most jurisdictions, like keeping marmots in the city limits. Dude. F'ing Nihilists.