Sunday, August 19, 2012

Male Pill Gets Closer

A male oral contraceptive may be getting closer, as researchers have found a small molecule called JQ1 which can inhibit sperm production without side-effects:

http://healthland.time.com/2012/08/16/researchers-inch-closer-to-a-male-birth-control-pill/

2 comments:

Pagan said...

Offtopic:

Swapan Dasgupta lives up to his caricature

H/T: Vijay Vikram

Sujeev said...

Hullo, with all the hullaballoo about dramatic lowering of sperm counts worldwide, and the possibility of reduced male fertility in the future, do we really need this now?