Male Birth Control Pills! Guys, Would You be Taking This?

Women across various ethnic, social
and religious backgrounds have for
long been the larger group
shouldering the responsibility of
birth control using various methods
such as pills, injectables, IUDs and
more. However, things might be
changing now.
Scientists have made a recent
development in the birth control pill for men and may be one step closer
to marketing the pill to the public. ABC News reports that a birth-control
option for men in the form of a pill called JQ1 reduces sperm production
in men. As with birth control used by women, the effects are reversible
when the patient is ready to have children.
Baylor College of Medicine researchers said to in a study published
in the journal Cell, "We have only observed full recovery of fertility in
treated males. We envision that our discoveries can be completely
translated to men, providing a novel and efficacious strategy for a male
contraceptive."
Dr. James Bradner of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, whose
study appears in the journal told Reuters: "There is no effect on the
mouse's mojo. The animals exhibit the normal sexual behaviors and
frequency of copulation. What's more, the effect is completely
reversible. Once doctors stopped giving the drug to mice, they were able
to sire healthy litters, with no apparent side effects."
How it works
JQ1 blocks a protein called BRDT essential for sperm production in the
testes.
Dr. James Bradner, from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, told Fox
News, "(The protein) develops amnesia – it forgets how to make sperm
as long as the mice are administered the drug."
Scientists say the research is exciting because it applies a unique
approach to the problem of male contraception, which is now largely
comprised of less reliable methods like condom use, or more permanent
procedures like vasectomies.
Dr. Joseph Alkukal, director of male reproductive health at New York
University's Langone Medical center said to ABC News, "If you look at
vasectomy, there are plenty of men in committed relationships who
choose to take onus of reproductive planning on themselves. I think the
same sorts of people would choose to look into something like this."
So, men, are you excited about this development? Would you be
interested in taking birth control pills?

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