It was long believed that men wouldn't reliably use birth control, but many are signing up for clinical trials of ...

A biochemist by training, Bakshi could become the first biotech company chief executive officer to bring a hormone-free male birth control pill to market. The pill his team developed, YCT-529, works ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Birth control that’s as simple as popping a pill might be available for men in the near future. YCT-529, ...

This is the first in a two-part episode on Male Birth Control. The next episode will be released 9/26. GRACE AIGNER: Hi everyone! I’m Grace Aigner from the Minnesota Daily, and you’re listening to In ...

Men might finally get a chance to bench their swimmers. A first-of-its-kind male birth control pill just cleared its first human safety test, raising hopes that it could soon open the door to a new ...

Both men and women are responsible for pregnancy, yet the burden of preventing it often falls on one gender. Women can choose from a variety of options to control fertility while for generations, men ...

Photo composite of human egg (oocyte) and sperm (spermatozoon), colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM). In the first clinical trial of its kind, a nonhormonal oral contraceptive that reversibly ...

A hormone-free pill, called YCT-529, that temporarily stops sperm production by blocking a vitamin A metabolite has just concluded its first safety trial in humans, getting a step closer to increasing ...

GRACE AIGNER: Hi everyone! I’m Grace Aigner from the Minnesota Daily. Welcome back to another episode of In The Know, a podcast dedicated to the University of Minnesota. In my last episode, we talked ...

A molecular switch that “supercharges” sperm could inspire new safe methods of contraception—including a non-hormonal male birth control pill—and improved infertility treatments. This is the discovery ...