A New Contraceptive For Dudes Now

Birth control measure have always involved women alone. Right from hormone-altering pills to IUD implants, uteruses bear the onus of becoming pregnant---as well as keeping babies out.

However, some new scientific research helps scientists to devise two compounds that give men the choice of going on their birth pill, according to mtv.com.

The first one is H2-gamendazole, and right now it is being tested on animals. It prevents sperms from reaching maturity, and ensures that sperms can be reabsorbed by the testis instead of escaping into the semen. Without sperms, no eggs would be fertilized and fried, and there would be no baby either!

In the normal course of events, premature sperm cells grow a tail and head in the testis, but H2-gamendazole will not let them reach that stage, according to wired.com. "If there's no sperm, the egg's not going to get fertilized," says Joseph Tash, a reproductive biologist at the University of Kansas Medical Center, who has worked on the compound since 2001.

The second potential pill is called JQ1, and it attacks even as it forces the body to forget producing sperm. This compound stops certain proteins that contribute to sex cells in testes. Right now, it is being tested out to ensure that it stops proteins from forming sperms.

Jay Bradner and his team at Harvard's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are probing the blocking of bromodomain proteins, which he describes as "Post-it notes that cells place around the genome to remind them of their identity."

Both the pills are not out into the market still. Scientists at the University of Kansas Medical Center and Harvard's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are researching any possible side-effects that they may have. Still, it's good news that the onus of birth control can shift to more than one gender.