For decades researchers have struggled to find a contraceptive methods for males. A new fast-acting compound shows promise — assuming it turns out to work as well in men as in mice.
at a lab meeting the following week. They were stunning: After the male mice were injected with the compound, their sperm did not move.
In those hours, the male and female mice in the study had plenty of sex. Within 2.5 hours after getting the drug, it was100% effective at preventing pregnancies. Within 3.5 hours, it was 91% effective. "It's an open question how well this approach would translate from mice to humans," he adds."There are differences in the reproductive physiology between species, but it's worth testing."
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