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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
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(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday February 09 2017, @06:53PM
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.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...