male contraception

Leacsaidh MacDonald Marlow The BBC has just reported on the development of a new prototype for a male contraceptive pill. But why has it taken so long to come about? Leacsaidh MacDonald Marlow discusses… The function of this pill is based on the location of a cell pathway which...

Francesca Stenning The continuing developments in male contraception have created a debate around whose responsibility it is to take such medication. Is it an expectation that women take pills or other similar contraception? Particularly if they want to have unprotected sex with a man? Should it be a shared...

At the end of November of this year, clinical trials for the first male contraceptive gel began. This trials’ success could change the future of contraception for both men and women, perhaps being a preferable alternative to the hotly debated female contraceptive pill… The trial will involve four hundred...