The Male Contraceptive Initiative
Scientists profess
that they are a step ahead to develop male
contraceptive pill which will also increase libido
Drug Designing: In Melbourne
researchers and scientists are developing a contraceptive pill for masculine. They are near to
developing a male contraceptive version of the pill that includes the perk
effect of increasing libido.
This is initiated by Dr Sab Ventura who expatiates in Drug Discovery Biology and his team say
the drug blocks the transport of sperm, which is different to existing versions
of the male pill which have hormonal targets or reduce the fertilization
capability of sperm.
If the next stage of drug development comes out to be successful, then
the pill will be in the market in coming 5-10 years following the clinical trial
phases.
The scientists assert that the pill is a hormone-free formula that is
set to bypass the side-effects like libido, birth defects and infertility, the
ailments that have impeded the buildout of a male contraceptive.
Based on their previous research which concluded that you can produce
infertility in mice by genetically omitting two proteins that trigger the transport
of sperm. These proteins are the α1A-adrenoceptor
and P2X1-purinoceptor.
There is already a
widely-available drug approved for long-term use that targets one of the two
proteins linked to the movement of sperm called Flomax.
The scientists and researchers are now striving to evolve a chemical to hinder
or completely block the second protein so that a pill can be released with the
combination of two. Researchers posit
that it will also circumvent the aftereffects involved within the existing
drugs.
Roza
Palv
Program Manager- Pharm Chem 2018
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