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When it comes to birth control options for women, little has changed in the past couple of decades. In fact, according to Planned Parenthood, there are only three birth control methods that are over 95% effective at preventing an unintended pregnancy: the birth control implant, the intrauterine device (IUD), and the birth control shot. All of them require time at a doctor’s office, and none of them protects against getting or spreading sexually transmitted infections. The “newest” of the trio—the Depo-Provera shot—started to become available to women in the 1990s.
“There’s a need for good on-demand nonhormonal contraceptives,” says Deborah Anderson, professor of medicine at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Anderson leads the university’s Contraceptive Research Center, which is one of only three federally mandated contraceptive labs in the country.
Anderson is working on the use of monoclonal antibodies—lab-made proteins that act like the body’s natural antibody defense system—as a means of protection. She calls her manufactured antibodies “plantibodies,” because they’re grown in tobacco plants.
Her team’s lab-made contraceptive and STI-prevention antibodies, though far from hitting the shelves of your local pharmacy, have been under development for more than a decade, with promising results coming from the first phases of clinical trials last year.
Source: futurity.org

working from home 🌷 sadly due to some personal issues i haven’t been able to edit my new videos or post as much as i thought i would. started reading Dandelions by Thea Lenarduzzi. hope everyone is having a nice friday ✨

“Why are old lovers able to become friends? Two reasons. They never truly loved each other, or they love each other still.”

Whitney Otto, How to Make an American Quilt

It’s cool. Take a shower. Open the windows to let in fresh air even if it’s cold out. Listen to the wind rustling the leaves & the people walking and chatting. Clean something random to see that you can make a difference through action. This too shall pass