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Promising male birth control pill has its origin in an arrow poison

  • Written by Gunda Georg, Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Director of the Institute for Therapeutics Discovery and Development, University of Minnesota
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After decades of research, development of a male birth control may now be one step closer. My colleagues and I are working on a promising lead for a male birth control pill based on ouabain – a plant extract that African warriors and hunters traditionally used as a...

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