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Potential Male Birth Control Pill Has Just Been Shown Safe in Humans for the First Time

posted by takyon on Tuesday March 26 2019, @09:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the wang-prescribes-beta dept.

martyb writes:

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.

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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @01:05AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @01:05AM (#820434)

    Later testing would involve a larger pool of volunteers to further analyze safety as well as efficacy.

    But it is, you know, a sacrifice required for the future of the human race. I hasten to add that since each man will be required to do prodigious... service along these lines, the women will have to be selected for their sexual characteristics which will have to be of a highly stimulating nature.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @08:08AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @08:08AM (#820544)

    Nah, they don't need women to test, just sperm samples.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @09:39AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @09:39AM (#820555)

      Killjoy!

  • (Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Wednesday March 27 2019, @04:43PM

    by NotSanguine (285) <{NotSanguine} {at} {SoylentNews.Org}> on Wednesday March 27 2019, @04:43PM (#820756) Homepage Journal

    "I-I first became aware of it, Mandrake, during the physical act of love...Yes, a profound sense of fatigue, a feeling of emptiness followed. Luckily I-I was able to interpret these feelings correctly. Loss of essence. I can assure you it has not recurred, Mandrake. Women, er, women sense my power, and they seek the life essence. I do not avoid women, Mandrake. But I do deny them my essence."

    --
    No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr