Sexual Health Innovations: 5 Breakthroughs That Could Impact Sex Life And Fertility

Advancements in technology have pushed the bounds of medicine, whether we’re talking about life-saving medical devices, pharmaceutical breakthroughs, or prosthetic limbs with robotic functions. Medical innovations have also made their mark on sexual health and reproduction, including the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, sexual response and pleasure, and contraception. Here are just a few of the recent breakthroughs that could improve our sex lives



Penis Transplant

Doctors in South Africa broke ground in 2015 after they performed the world’s first successful penis transplant on a 21-year-old at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town. Following a botched circumcision, doctors were forced to amputate the unnamed patient’s penis to save his life. To attach a new one, Dr. André van der Merwe and his surgical team used a technique similar to face transplants in which small blood vessels and nerves are connected via microscopic surgery. Not only was the operation successful, but van der Merwe also revealed that the man and his girlfriend were expecting a child only three months after the procedure.



Hydrogel Condoms

Introduced in the early 20th century, latex rubbers are the latest in a long line of condoms that goes back centuries and remains one of the most trusted methods for birth control. But that doesn’t mean a traditional latex condom is without its faults. Since people with latex allergies can’t use them, and all too many find them uncomfortable, many researchers have turned their attention toward finding an alternative.

The Hydrogel condom was developed to prevent sexually transmitted diseases and unplanned pregnancies, but inventor Dr. Mahua Choudhury also added a unique function to set it apart from the rest of the entries to win the $100,000 in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s challenge to invent a next-generation condom. This condom is made of water that is held together by chemical compounds, known as polymers. As a bonus, it features plant-based antioxidants called quercetin, which can help fight HIV in the event of a break.




Vaginal Ring with Antiretroviral Drug

Vaginal rings, such as the NuvaRing, are a form of hormonal contraception in which a small ring is placed in a woman’s vagina once a month for three weeks. The International Partnership for Microbicides decided to take things a little further by replacing the hormone found in traditional vaginal rings with dapivirine, an antiretroviral drug that blocks HIV’s ability to replicate.

"The vaginal ring delivers the drug directly to the site of infection, with very low systemic exposure. This, along with the ease of use, could increase the ring’s appeal for many women," said Dr. Sharon L. Hillier, one of the lead researchers who studied the dapivirine ring, in a statement. "The ring could provide more options for women to reduce their own risk of HIV."




Artificial Vagina

Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome is a rare genetic condition in which the vagina and uterus are either underdeveloped or fail to develop at all. Four girls between the ages of 13 and 18, who were born with this condition, had samples of their own muscles and cells taken from their external genitals to serve as the foundation for laboratory-grown vaginas. Biodegradable scaffolding was used to mold the shape of the vagina out of cells taken from their tissue. A canal was then created in the patients’ pelvises, and the model was attached to their reproductive structure.

As the patients got older, their bodies started doing the job of accepting the lab-grown vaginas. Tissue and cells from their bodies latched on to those from the scaffolding and eventually took over. Eight years after the first successful implantation of lab-grown vaginal organs, the four patients say they enjoy a normal, pain-free sex life. Now, researchers at Wake Forest University’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine hope they can used this development to treat women with vaginal cancer or those who sustain a serious injury.




Male Birth Control

When people think birth control they tend to think of the oral contraceptive that women take daily, not a tiny valve inside a man’s body that can be turned on and off. German carpenter Clemens Bimek first came up with the idea for male contraception around 20 years ago after watching a documentary about female birth control. Finally in 2000, Bimek filed the first patent for the Bimek SLV — a device the size of penny that acts as an actual switch that allows a man to control his sperm flow.

Now, if a surgically implanted device may seem excessive for contraception, there is another option in development with seemingly fewer risks. Vasalgel is a gel that is injected into a man’s vas deferens, the tube that connects the testicles and the urethra, to block sperm. While water-soluble molecules can pass through the gel, larger ones, like sperm, cannot. Once the patient is finished with the gel, it can be flushed out easily and he can begin to produce semen samples with sperm.

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