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SCIENTISTS have made a breakthrough in the race to make a male Pill.
Experts have been working for years to create an alternative to condoms or a vasectomy.
Now they have discovered a way of stopping sperm’s ability to swim, making men temporarily infertile.
The male Pill would contain “designer compounds” and come in the form of a nasal spray or a fast-acting pill.
Professor John Howl, of Wolverhampton University, said: “The results are startling – and almost instant. When you take healthy sperm and add our compound, within a few minutes the sperm basically cannot move.”
But the effects would disappear within days, making the man fertile again. The male Pill could be ready by 2021 and would help millions of couples where the woman cannot take the Pill for medical reasons, such as migraines or a risk of blood clots.
Doubts have been raised by women who would not trust men to take the Pill, in a study at Anglia Ruskin University.
However, Professor Geeta Nargund, medical director of CREATE fertility clinics, said: “I’m sure women would welcome it. It’s about time men took responsibility for contraception.” WOMEN’S lives could be extended by ovary transplants. Research with mice at Utah State University suggests cells could be taken from a woman in her 20s and used to grow her a new set of ovaries.
When she is in her 50s, the ovaries could be used to avoid age-related health problems including heart disease and arthritis. WIMP TO WOW: Lynx ad