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Two New Male Birth Control Chemicals In Advanced Stages
BarbaraHudson writes Researchers at the University of Kansas and Harvard are working to give men more choices for avoiding unwanted pregnancies. From the article: "H2-gamendazole keeps sperm from maturing. The unfinished sperm fragments are then reabsorbed into the testis, never ending up in the semen. 'If there's no sperm, the egg's not going to get fertilized,' says Joseph Tash, a reproductive biologist at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Almost two years ago, the FDA reviewed the compound, and now the agency wants Tash to investigate if the compound remains in the semen and whether that would harm a woman if it ends up in the vagina. Jay Bradner, working with other anti-cancer researchers at Harvard, discovered that the JQ1 molecule blocked a bromodomain in cancer cells, causing them to forget how to be cancer. One side effect is that JQ1 also obstructed a testicle-specific bromodomain called BRDT, making the sex cells that would otherwise produce sperm non-functional — mice treated with JQ1 can hump with abandon yet generate zero mouselings. Researchers are looking for a version of the molecule that works on the testicle protein only, to avoid any weird side effects."
TFA: [...] discovered that the JQ1 molecule blocked a bromodomain in cancer cells, causing them to forget how to be cancer. [...] Researchers are looking for a version of the molecule that works on the testicle protein only, to avoid any weird side effects
Since when slowing down cancer is a "weird side effect"? :D
This could really help men everywhere, there are a ton of options for women but very few for men. I can only hope when the day comes that it's viewed as a positive direction from all rights groups. Doubtful, but one can dream.
Birth control is a womens issue.
You won't get a judge to agree with you if you accidentally father a child.
I won't be putting any unknown chemicals into my body for HER sake.
And yet you want her to put chemicals into her body for YOUR fun and enjoyment. Nice troll :-(
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
You just watch. The amount of false rape claims will skyrocket for a while when this hits the public, from the kind of women who try to "accidentally" get knocked up to ensnare men.
"mmm yes it was so good. :) No no, don't worry about forgetting to pull out, I'll just flush myself out/I'm on the pill/it's not the right time of the month anyway/etc. [later] (Why the fuck is it always negative? Ugh... tomorrow for sure) [later] (Negative again?!) We need to talk. [one explanation later] WHADDAYA MEAN MALE BIRTH CONTROL?! SHENANIGANS! RAPE! RAAAAPE!!! POLICE HELP, HE RAPED ME!!!!!!!!!"
Or the stuff will just get hung up in FDA approval for a while, long after all the bugs have been worked out.
As moving targets and potential victims of the "women and children" state that will punish a Man to the ends of the Earth for having the audacity to father a child.
Birth control is a womens issue.
You won't get a judge to agree with you if you accidentally father a child.
I like how this issue is always 1-sided. It's a woman's choice if she wants to have an abortion, but the guy doesn't have a choice to not support the child if the woman wants to have it but he doesn't.
Taking guns away from the 99% gives the 1% 100% of the power.
The number of responses here along the lines of "women always trick men into marriage by getting pregnant" or "birth control is a woman's responsibility" make me sad for my gender. I can't be the only man on Slashdot who 1) respects women (my wife and I both manage our portions of birth control together - I would never suggest that's HER job and not for me to be bothered with), 2) sees fatherhood as a positive outcome - not something that is only entered into via trickery, and 3) would like to see new birth control methods available on the market (whether or not this one would work for my wife and I aside, the more options the better). Can I?
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I didn't realize straw men could father children. Thank you for enlightening us.
Writhe your naked ass to the mindless groove.
It would be awesome if this could be part of a men's liberation movement, like how women were liberated in the 60s when the pill became available.
Was it the pill that led to women's liberation? Or was it penicillin? The pill allows women to have sex without getting pregnant. Penicillin allowed people to have sex without getting diseases. AIDS has somewhat rolled that back.
Before HIV, there was still always Herpes, Hepatitis, HPV.... e.g. anything viral. People were just more ignorant of STDs 50 years ago, but that doesn't meant they still weren't getting them. You're still going to want a condom on the first date no matter how many new types of contraception get invented.
Well guess what? Maybe you should have taken a little bit of responsibility by using a condom?
That does not address the original issue. Would you find it acceptable for someone to say "Maybe you should have taken a little responsibility and not spread your legs" to a woman? If not, why is it o.k. to say that to the guy?
Taking guns away from the 99% gives the 1% 100% of the power.
Because the only satisfactorily effective means of birth control are all in the hands of women, from the pill through the morning after pill to abortion
Women are also in control of the global condom supply, apparently.
How does something so completely wrong get modded so highly?
Sex is all about trust.
No it ain't, it's about shagging.
SJW n. One who posts facts.
Sex between equals involves trust, yes, but saying that it's "all about trust" is like saying that going to the movies is all about eating popcorn.