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This Male Birth Control Pill has Just Been Shown Safe in Humans for the First Time:
For years, scientists have been trying to develop a safe and effective version of the pill for men, and a new drug candidate could be the contraceptive we've been looking for.
This week, scientists in the US announced that an experimental oral drug called 11-beta-MNTDC looks to be safe and tolerable, based on results from a phase 1 clinical trial involving 40 men.
"Our results suggest that this pill, which combines two hormonal activities in one, will decrease sperm production while preserving libido," says male reproduction biologist Christina Wang from the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed).
[...] 11-beta-MNTDC is a modified form of testosterone with both progestational (in effect, sperm-blocking) and androgenic (hormone-balancing) characteristics.
Before you get your hopes up too much, this was strictly a test for toleration; further studies are required to test efficacy.
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Tuesday March 26 2019, @11:07PM
Think 70's, us kids didn't really know what was involved at the time
They made a new birth control for guys!
Yeah?
Yeah, it changes your blood type.
/ my how technology has changed since then
// then again, my younger mistakes would have been 18 by the time DNA came around
/// Me? I kept in touch with my partners, no unknown kids on my side
//// Can't say about abortions, if they didn't tell me I don't know
///// Um, 3 slashies is the limit? How about PS, PPS, PPPS, PPPPS, etc?
I came. I saw. I forgot why I came.