The new approach delivers the contraceptive hormonal medication levonorgestrel via what the researchers call “Self-assembling Long-acting Injectable Microcrystals” (SLIM). Once injected into the body, ...

Male non-hormonal contraceptive implant shown to work for 24 months in trials - The new contraception is set to move into the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Current contraceptive implants last for years, meaning women do not have to take a pill every day, but the devices must be fitted by a trained professional via a small surgical procedure.

In a bid to create a less invasive and more accessible form of birth control, scientists have created a self-injectable contraceptive shot, the components of which are able to self-assemble to ...

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 ...

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 ...