Dual protein knockout could lead to new male contraceptive

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Dec. 3, 2013 — A new male contraceptive could be on the horizon after scientists identified a novel way to block the transport of sperm during ejaculation.
Published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science scientists have found that complete male infertility could be achieved by blocking two proteins found on the smooth muscle cells that trigger the transport of sperm.

The researchers demonstrated that the absence of two proteins in mouse models,
 
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