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Are we a step closer to having a male contraceptive pill?
Season 4 · Episode 68

Are we a step closer to having a male contraceptive pill?

The Briefing · LiSTNR

March 19, 202319m 30s

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Show Notes

Scientists in the US have been working on developing a male contraceptive pill and new research means we could be a step closer to having it available for use. After testing it on mice, the pill has been shown to switch off the enzyme that the sperm needs to reach the egg. There is still a way to go before it is available for men, but is this something they want to use and would women trust men to take it? 

In this episode, we speak to Lonny Levin and Jochen Buck from Weill Cornell’s graduate school of medical science, about how they’re helping develop this pill.

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