China patents contraceptive for rats
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China has patented a drug based on traditional Chinese medicine that can sterilize male rats to reduce the population of verminous grain-gobbling rodents, state media said.
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Injections of a hormone made by fat cells can jump-start an idling reproductive system, research shows.
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BEIJING, Dec. 12 -- Chinese officials on Tuesday agreed to implement a detailed experimental tracking and data-sharing program for a limited number of foods, drugs, and medical devices bound for the United States. U.S. officials hailed the agreement as a breakthrough, but independent food safety...
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Scientists have discovered a potentially marketable contraceptive in the venom of Chile&#39;s black widow spider, whose bite is fatal to many but can also cause prolonged, painful and involuntary erections in men.
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A small experiment has concluded that twice daily injections of the hormone leptin, best known to regulate appetite and weight, can jump-start an idling reproductive system.
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Scientists in Hong Kong and China have identified for the first time a protein in sperm from humans and from mice that could be responsible for many unexplained cases of male infertility.
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Implanon, a rod-shaped contraceptive implanted in the upper arm for up to three years, received federal approval, health officials said Tuesday.
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Up until now, the world of male contraception has been limited to condoms and vasectomies. But researchers now point to a new method that shows promise â- shot that
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Scientists in Hong Kong and China  have identified for the first time a protein in sperm from  humans and from mice that could be responsible for many  unexplained cases of male infertility.
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X-Men therapy curbs lager-swilling rodent lifestyle Scientists based in Chile and Colorado have carried out astonishing research which appears to offer a cure for that scourge of modern society - alcoholism in rats.â¦
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One of the largest studies carried out on the oral contraceptive pill has found it might protect women from heart disease and cancers of the ovaries and womb.
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Staff members of the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday issued a report raising several questions about an experimental drug from Procter &amp; Gamble (PG:NYSE - news - research) designed to improve sexual desire in women whose ovaries have been
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X Men therapy curbs lager-swilling rodent lifestyle Scientists based in Chile and Colorado have carried out astonishing research which appears to offer a cure for that scourge of modern society - alcoholism in rats.â¦
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Chinese women, mostly working, are lining up at a local hospital in Beijing to test a new medicine, which may help them achieve orgasm, signalling the traditionally conservative country&#39;s changing attitude to sex.
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The rapidly growing kangaroo population in Canberra, Australia's capital, has become such a public safety issue that scientists have devised a plan to curb the animals' numbers with a contraceptive pill.
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Weekly injections for pregnant women of a drug derived from the hormone progesterone could have prevented nearly 10,000 premature births in 2002, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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Scientists successfully inject male monkeys with a protein that renders the chimps temporarily infertile. The research may provide a new birth-control option for men in the next decade.