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DNA Vaccine Sterilizes Mice, Could Lead To One-Shot Birth Control For Cats, Dogs

Posted by samzenpus on from the one-shot-will-do-you dept.

sciencehabit writes: Animal birth control could soon be just a shot away. A new injection makes male and female mice infertile by tricking their muscles into producing hormone-blocking antibodies. If the approach works in dogs and cats, researchers say, it could be used to neuter and spay pets and to control reproduction in feral animal populations. A similar approach could one day spur the development of long-term birth control options for humans.

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  1. Umm... WHAT? by orlanz · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ...new injection ... long-term birth control options for humans.

    What could possible go wrong? Did some government police state / apocalyptic scenarios run through anyone else's minds when they read that?

    1. Re:Umm... WHAT? by Fwipp · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Yeah... it's not like our government has a history of sterilizing undesirables or anything, right? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  2. No by rsilvergun · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Because what good is being rich if there aren't plenty of poor for you to enjoy. Hell, look at the Scandinavian countries, they're doing public service announcements begging their population to breed. They've tried everything except paying people enough to raise a family on comfort...

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  3. Frank Herbert covered what could go terribly wrong by msk · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The White Plague.

  4. Dont need long term.... by Lumpy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's effortless to get the snip, then you don't have to worry if the doc does it right where it's non reversible. I.E. he snaps the vas, seals the ends then folds them back 1/2 an inch back on themselves and uses basically a surgical ziptie to hold them there. there is ZERO chance of the Vas reconnecting.

    Real men get their Vas snipped. You do not "need" to have any more kids.

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  5. Re:Suuuure.... by WolphFang · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why do I have flashbacks to forced sterilizations which occurred in the US to those considered "genetically inferior" aka Native Americans and Negroids.

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