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that a sperm count means the vast majority of men can use
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ion. That threshold He said it was still not known why
38.6 percent of the the injections were not effective in some
ectiveness to 98.6 men.
One American expert said the study
id not know what may point to a breakthrough in
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"It would seem a strong indication
that male hormone given by injection
could be an effective contraceptive, the
only drawback being the painful method,"
said Richard Sherins, the director of
andrology at the Genetics and IVF
, Institute in Fairfax, Va.
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estrogen in a female, can be an additional
method of reproduction control," he said.
Wu estimated it could be between five
and eight years before a better technique
of administering the method was
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But we believe we can improve on that
with long-acting injections, tablets,
patches and even pellet implants," Wu
said.
The seven other participating
countries, aside from Britain and the
United States, were Australia, China,
Sweden, France, Hungary, Singapore
and Thailand.
The American tests were carried
under the auspices of scientists at the
Veterans Administration Medical Center
in Seattle, Wash., and at the UCLA
Medical Center in Torrance, Calif.
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