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The material chitosan is used in wound dressings, hydrogels and even implants for nerve regeneration. Now, researchers want to add another application for the shellfish-derived compound to the list: ...

Six decades after the first oral contraceptive for women was approved in the United States, University of Minnesota researchers are one step closer to developing a non-hormonal birth control pill for ...

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From several types of hormonal pills to implants, IUDs, and vaginal rings, women have a lot of birth control choices that are both non-surgical and reversible. Men have just one: Condoms, which are 87 ...

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