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The contraceptive pill for women was developed back in the 1950s, but up to now, a pill for men has remained out of reach. 

Most approaches over the years have relied on trying to affect hormones. But a new study published in Nature Communications has suggested a better approach might be interfering with the way a gene operates.

Professor Jon Oatley is at the School of Molecular Biosciences at Washington State University and the senior author of the study. 

He explains how this new approach works.

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