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Uc Davis Looking For 12 Couples To Participate In Male Birth Control Study

The gel contraceptive works like a birth control pill, using a hormone to stop the testes from making sperm.

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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Doctors at UC Davis are the latest group of medical researchers to take part in a National Institute of Health clinical study to find the next contraceptive for men.

“It’ll give men the opportunity to be an active participant in contraception with their partner other than just using condoms or getting a sterilization procedure,” Doctor Mitchell Creinin, Director of Family Planning at UC Davis Health, said.

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