Male Birth Control Pill May Be Ready Soon

[Serious]

ScienceDaily (Sep. 5, 2012) — Attention men: The day may be coming soon when you can take your own birth control pill with no side effects, according to a study done by a group of scientists that includes a Texas A&M University researcher.


Qinglei Li, an assistant professor in Texas A&M's College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, is part of a team of researchers led by Martin Matzuk at Baylor College of Medicine and James Bradner at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute who made the discovery, and their work is published in the journal Cell.

Working on mice, the team found that a compound called JQ1 acts as an inhibitor to sperm production and also sperm mobility.

"Both of these are needed for fertility, but JQ1 prevents both," Li says of the findings.

"It stopped the sperm production very dramatically. More good news is that there appear to be no side effects whatsoever. Once the JQ1 was no longer given to the mice, they were back to their normal reproduction rates, and it did not affect mating behavior or the health of the offspring."

Though the mice were given injections, the team believes that a pill could eventually be developed for the same results.

A male contraceptive pill has been talked about for decades, but so far none has been successfully created despite a strong demand.

While many men might be reluctant to take out the trash or ask for directions if they are lost, recent studies have shown that about 70 percent of men would be willing to take a birth control pill if it were available.

One drawback to many female contraceptives is that they sometimes interfere with hormones, especially estrogen. But Li says the team is confident that JQ1 does not affect testosterone levels in men, and appears to have no other side effects as well.

As with many discoveries, the JQ1 compound appears to have come about by accident.

It was originally used for anti-cancer treatments, but researchers found it was also an excellent compound in controlling fertility.

"This is an exciting step in male contraception," Li adds.

"A compound with more specificity will be needed before clinical trials can be done for humans. It does not mean a male birth control just yet, but it is a great step forward in that direction."

Guys, take note: Male birth control pill may be ready soon

 

[yesiambowling]

 

[nomoreneveragain]

So your going to estrogen pills, grow breasts and develop faqqot tendencies?

 

[Street Knowledge]

Gamechanger

 

[Hussein Fonzarelli]

Whitey is pleased seeing how many degenerate primitive a$$holes will gulp these shyts down just for the sake of skeet skeet.

Twiddle twiddle.

 

[Tyuhnjko]

Do you know how many idiots are going to use this as an excuse to stop wearing condoms? I also wonder if men will start 'trapping' ladies with the, "Lemme 'bust' inside, I swear I'm pill" line... Hmmmmmmmm...

 

[IGSaint12]

Whitey is pleased seeing how many degenerate primitive a$$holes will gulp these shyts down just for the sake of skeet skeet.

Twiddle twiddle.

I don't give a fukk what whitey thinks, we need to stop having single family parent homes in the black community. Everything is not about what white people think, there are real problems in the black community in regards to unwanted pregnancies and the effects it has on the community.

 

[Thebadguy]

I don't give a fukk what whitey thinks, we need to stop having single family parent homes in the black community. Everything is not about what white people think, there are real problems in the black community in regards to unwanted pregnancies and the effects it has on the community.

So the solution to all black people's problems is less black people?

 

[JillScottsHunny]

Aww sookie sookie now.

 

[IGSaint12]

So the solution to all black people's problems is less black people?

Did I say that? Do you understand what I mean by single family black homes? Or are we gonna just ignore that the reason you have gangbangers all over the streets is because they don't have any type of father figure to lead them correctly. I want black families who actually want to have children, who will actually take care of their kids. This will in turn lead to a better stronger black community. This pill will leave it out of the hand of women and into the hand of men and you all want to talk about is cacs and shyt? Jesus.

 

[dr. pill biden]

Oh wow, as if our little boys and men aren't estrogenic enough these days. I can't see how allowing 70% of our male population to voluntarily chemically castrate themselves in their peak reproductive years could possibly be a good thing. And how do they come to the conclusion that there are no side effects? Mice can't verbalize their desire to wear skinny pants and hold an ostrich-skin purse

 

[Jahmal]

So the solution to all black people's problems is less black people?

less unwanted black children would be a good thing

 

[Economics]

Oh wow, as if our little boys and men aren't estrogenic enough these days. I can't see how allowing 70% of our male population to voluntarily chemically castrate themselves in their peak reproductive years could possibly be a good thing. And how do they come to the conclusion that there are no side effects? Mice can't verbalize their desire to wear skinny pants and hold an ostrich-skin purse

 

[BillBanneker]

Oh wow, as if our little boys and men aren't estrogenic enough these days. I can't see how allowing 70% of our male population to voluntarily chemically castrate themselves in their peak reproductive years could possibly be a good thing. And how do they come to the conclusion that there are no side effects? Mice can't verbalize their desire to wear skinny pants and hold an ostrich-skin purse

Thought more chicks would actually be for this.

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

Oh wow, as if our little boys and men aren't estrogenic enough these days. I can't see how allowing 70% of our male population to voluntarily chemically castrate themselves in their peak reproductive years could possibly be a good thing. And how do they come to the conclusion that there are no side effects? Mice can't verbalize their desire to wear skinny pants and hold an ostrich-skin purse

I'm sorry resident whore, how many natural herbs do I have to eat so I can creampie you? fukk that give me this pill. The pill isn't estrogen.

no longer do I have to fear about some bytch having a moral quandary with aborting an unwanted fetus