Still impacted by the major limitation that sperm are matured for three months, so it only becomes effective after three months of consistent use
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Snip-snip gang represent.
Going several months with blocked vitamin A metabolism sounds like it'd lead to a vitamin deficiency of some kind.
The daily pill, called YCT-529, blocks a vitamin A metabolite from binding to its receptor in the testes; this action prevents the chain of gene-expression changes that are required to start the sperm-making process.
It’s not supposed to effect the rest of the body, but I assume that’s one the side effects they’d be on the lookout for in this trial
Even if this works, you’d need to be jacking it for a week to clean out the swimmers in your tubes. And I’d bet it’s still not 100% It probably just brings it below “ideal sperm count.”
What happened to vasalgel?
As my 50th college reunion approaches, I recall my organic chemistry professor telling us around 1975 that male birth control pills were already available, there just weren't enough takers to make them commercially viable.
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