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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 09 2017, @05:50AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 09 2017, @05:50AM (#464887)

    Yeah that insult lost its meaning in the 60s.

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