Successful testing of contraceptive gel for men on monkeys

A new type of contraceptive gel for men has just been successfully tested on monkeys. This promises to open a big step for men to share the burden of birth control with women.

According to Sky News, the experimental contraceptive gel called Vasalgel will be injected into the vas deferens, which carries the sperm to the urethra. Covered, Vasalgel will fill the vas deferens and prevent sperm from escaping. Vasalgel is promised the potential to replace a popular male sterilization method now . vasectomy.

However, Vasalgel's difference is that this method is only "temporary sterilization". A rabbit study on the effect of gel Vasalgel last year showed that this gel can easily be removed by using baking soda solution to wash vas deferens.

Vasalgel's clinical trials on humans will begin next year.

In the latest test conducted by the nonprofit organization Parsemus Foundation in California (USA), researchers injected Vasalgel into male brown monkeys in a group of 16. Results showed that there were no pregnancies between monkeys in this group.

Vasalgel's clinical trials on humans will begin next year. " Without side effects, this method could very well become a new contraceptive method for men," said Adam Balen, chairman of the British Birth Control Association.

Dr. Vas VandeVoort, from California Primate Research Center, said: "Vasalgel has a lot of potential to replace the traditional vasectomy method. More importantly, we find that Vasalgel is safe and low. complications than vasectomy, although vasectomy is really a difficult technique and patients often have low birth rates after resuming. "

In addition, VandeVoort added that a monkey in the experimental group had sperm granuloma , sperm accumulation hardened into particles in the vas deferens. However, this is only a non-dangerous complication and can occur in more than 60% of vasectomy people.

In addition, Allan Pacey, a professor from Sheffied University, took part in the trial, although the idea of ​​using gel to replace vasectomy is not new but claims to be: "We have "We have not seen much progress in this idea in recent years. So our research is a useful step towards the idea in the right direction."