{"id":15256,"date":"2025-05-04T23:30:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T23:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/?p=15256"},"modified":"2025-05-04T23:30:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T23:30:48","slug":"breakthrough-male-contraceptive-injection-offers-alternative-to-condoms-and-vasectomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/breakthrough-male-contraceptive-injection-offers-alternative-to-condoms-and-vasectomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakthrough Male Contraceptive Injection Offers Alternative to Condoms and Vasectomy"},"content":{"rendered":"

This innovation marks a significant shift in the contraceptive landscape, allowing men to share the responsibility of birth control in a safe and reversible way.<\/h2>\n

A groundbreaking male contraceptive method, designed to offer a long-term alternative to\u00a0condoms\u00a0and vasectomy, has shown promising results in early clinical trials.<\/p>\n

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The American biotechnology company Contraline has developed a device called Adam, which provides effective contraception for up to two years with a single injection. According to The Guardian on April 24, the product has successfully completed Phase I clinical trials.<\/p>\n

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Unlike traditional methods, Adam works by injecting a water-based hydrogel into the vas deferens \u2014 the duct that carries sperm from the testes. The hydrogel acts as a physical barrier, blocking sperm from being released during ejaculation.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe hydrogel is soft and jelly-like in texture, made mostly of water,\u201d researchers explained. The sperm, once blocked, is naturally reabsorbed by the body, leaving men to ejaculate semen that no longer contains\u00a0sperm.<\/p>\n\n

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This innovation marks a significant shift in the contraceptive landscape, allowing men to share the responsibility of birth control in a safe and reversible way. A groundbreaking male contraceptive method, designed to offer a long-term alternative to\u00a0condoms\u00a0and vasectomy, has shown promising results in early clinical trials. The American biotechnology company Contraline has developed a device […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/494941597_18065474246493949_3130750025978563733_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15258,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15256\/revisions\/15258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}