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boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Male birth control breakthrough safely switches off fit sperm for a while

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Male birth control breakthrough safely switches off fit sperm for a while

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boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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A non-hormonal, reversible and non-toxic male birth control could be a step closer, with scientists successfully targeting a protein that's crucial in making fertile sperm. Knocking this protein out for a period of time would give men control over their protection window, much like oral…
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    Get a vasectomy, it’s pretty close

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      The other party still has to trust that you actually got it and all the rest of the sperm have passed.

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        Lab tested and certified baby, I’d put it on my resume if that wasn’t weird

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          Would have to add some cryptography to that certificate to make it trustless.

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            New cryptocurrency in 3… 2…

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              I was just thinking about good old fashioned PGP lol.

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                But then you’re trusting every doctor’s office to only sign off on men that are snipped. You need a decentralized oracle with random inspections from local sperm auditors.

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                  I mean, a baseline trust in medical practice should be a given. Maybe not.

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                Penis Gay Pregnancy

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