The new approach delivers the contraceptive hormonal medication levonorgestrel via what the researchers call “Self-assembling ...

Investigators have developed a long-acting contraceptive implant that can be delivered through tiny needles to minimize patient discomfort and increase the likelihood of medication use.

It's also self-injectable and less painful than traditional implant options, according to research in rodents.

Mass General Brigham and MIT have developed a contraceptive implant that can be delivered through tiny needles, minimizing discomfort. The implant uses self-assembling microcrystals to release the ...

Researchers are developing an injection that creates a contraceptive implant in the body using an approach that could herald a new way of delivering drugs over long periods of time. Current ...

Mass General Brigham and MIT investigators have developed a long-acting contraceptive implant that can be delivered through tiny needles to minimize patient discomfort and increase the likelihood ...

subdermal implant (ENG implant) is the most effective, long-acting reversible method of contraception available. The failure rate of the ENG implant is 0.05%, which makes it more effective than ...

Women between ages 15 and 49 are typically eligible for contraceptive implants, as long as they meet certain health criteria and undergo thorough medical evaluation by a healthcare provider. Although ...

A new non-surgical contraceptive implant is delivered through tiny needles. The long-acting implant was developed by American scientists to minimize patient discomfort and increase the likelihood ...