Reversible Male Contraception With Gold Nanorods

MTorrice writes "Men's options for birth control have significant downsides: Condoms are not as effective as hormonal methods for women, and vasectomies require surgery and are irreversible. Doctors and scientists have for decades searched for more effective and desirable male contraception techniques. Researchers in China now propose a nonsurgical, reversible, and low-cost method. They show that infrared laser light heats up gold nanorods injected into mice testes, leading to reduced fertility (abstract) in the animals."

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Gold nanorods in my balls?

[Anonymous Coward]

Gives a whole new meaning to the term "money shot"...

Re:My penis is a gold nano rod

[Anonymous Coward]

Did you hear about the birth control pill for men?

A man puts it in his shoe and it makes him limp.