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boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Male birth control breakthrough safely switches off fit sperm for a while

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Male birth control breakthrough safely switches off fit sperm for a while

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boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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A non-hormonal, reversible and non-toxic male birth control could be a step closer, with scientists successfully targeting a protein that's crucial in making fertile sperm. Knocking this protein out for a period of time would give men control over their protection window, much like oral…
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  • witty_username@feddit.nl
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    Original article:
    https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adl2688

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      Awesome!

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    Honestly, as a dude, I’m 100% down for male birth control. Can’t wait.

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      Hopefully it less hormonal side affects than the female pill. But yeah having an extra level of protection will be nice.

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        “Extra Level”? It’s more about taking the burden off the women for me. Why do they, and only they, always have to mess up their bodies?

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            yeah, not wanting 10 children is a matter of cost, of course. It’s baffling to me how unreflected and naive opinions regarding reproduction still are…

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    I will never ever trust this. Not with how gender/maleness is treated these days. What ‘they’ consider safe can be entirely political and ideology-based, rather than a biological fact.

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      Found the incel

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