Researchers at U.C. Berkeley have found a birth control that is hormone free, fully natural, resulted in no known side effects so far, is harmless to eggs and sperm, could be used both in the long- and short-term, and it can be used either before or after conception, from ancient Chinese folk medicine. "Because these two plant compounds block fertilization at very, very low concentrations -- about 10 times lower than levels of levonorgestrel in Plan B -- they could be a new generation of emergency contraceptive we nicknamed 'molecular condoms,'" team leader Polina Lishko, an assistant professor of molecular and cell biology, said in a press release.
The active compounds are pregnenolone sulfate — and the two plant-derived inhibitors pristimerin and lupeol. According to the publication.
And they work by blocking ABHD2 that signals to sperms to move faster. However these compounds hit a target that is important for many cell types in the body. So these compounds are no "magic bullet" and a better comparison is that of carpet bombing.
The chemicals they studied are supposedly extracted from mangoes and dandelion roots.
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1700367114 — a full pre-print is available.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday May 29 2017, @06:28PM (2 children)
Interesting choice of words. So, you took her home, with carpet burns on her buttocks, and you call it "carpet bombing"? Yeah, her daddy will understand, LMAO!!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 29 2017, @06:55PM
Why is daddy looking at daughter's buttocks, incest dad?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 29 2017, @07:01PM
Don't you mean LMCBO?