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A gel injected into the scrotum could be the next male contraceptive::Biotech company Contraline has safely implanted a sperm-blocking hydrogel in 23 men. It’s designed to be a fully reversible vasectomy.

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[–] TheWonderfool@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (5 children)

It looks promising, even though it is quite far away from becoming available to the general public.

Still I wish that there was more of a push for something like a contraceptive pill for men. It feels like it has been ignored for years and only now they are starting a bit with development and trials...

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 40 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I don't think it's been ignored. Birth control pills for men would be a massive money maker. (Here is a recent article I found on BC for men: https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/male-contraceptive-disables-sperm)

While I am speaking way outside my confort zone here, it seems magnitudes harder to effectively disable millions of sperm and their associated production as opposed to simply knocking a woman's hormone balance a little out of whack to prevent ovulation.

The bigger question is being ignored though: If we have to inject our scrotum with a gel, where are we going to store our pee?????

[–] Techmaster@lemm.ee 18 points 10 months ago

We'll just have to pee out of our butts like girls do.

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