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New birth control pill for men!

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✚ A NONHORMONA­L male birth control pill has proved 99 percent successful with limited side effects in lab tests on mice, according to a new study. University of Minnesota scientists developed YCT529, which they say temporaril­y inhibits a protein essential to sperm production but doesn’t impair future fertility.

“YCT529 is the furthest ahead of all contracept­ive agents for men,” explains team leader Gunda Georg. The researcher­s hope to launch clinical trials in humans within two years.

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