The male contraceptive gel has passed first-stage testing, with great success in monkey trials. The gel, known as Vasalgel, is injected into the sperm ducts and acts as a physical barrier by preventing sperm from swimming down to the penis.
Is this the beginning of a new male contraceptive? https://t.co/8FbwWDGGam http://pic.twitter.com/Cp788paJBk
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BBC News Online reports the company behind the gel has conducted a two-year trial, and results published in Basic and Clinical Andrology show that Vasalgel not only works, but it’s safe: in trials conducted on monkeys, at least.
The company hopes to begin testing on men within a few years and, if those tests go well and funding is approved, it will seek approval to make the gel readily available to men by 2020. Vasalgel would be the first new male contraceptive available to men in many decades.
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