Dr. Gunda Georg Featured in Multiple Media Outlets for Research into a Male Birth Control
April 10, 2018
Dr. Gunda Georg of the Institute for Therapeutics Discovery and Development has recently been featured in a number of media outlets regarding her laboratory's efforts to develop a male birth control pill using the plant extract ouabain. Visit the links below to read more about the research:
K5 News, "Natural Alternative Found Effective for Male Birth Control."
KAIT News, "Deadly Plant Extract Key to Future of Male Birth Control Pill."
12 News, "Could There Soon Be a Male Contraceptive?"
KVOA News, "University of Minnesota Continue Their Work on a Male Birth-control Pill."
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