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Dr. Gunda Georg receives the Mannich Medal

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A successful first-in-human clinical study of YCT-529, a hormone-free birth control pill for men developed by Dr. Gunda Georg of the College of Pharmacy and YourChoice Therapeutics, demonstrated its safety.

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Prof. Courtney Aldrich and his collaborators recently published an article in Nature Communications on their work with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and biotin synthesis. Their discovery is noteworthy:

"Lipid biosynthesis in the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis …

YourChoice Therapeutics, Inc., a pioneer of hormone-free family planning products, began dosing male volunteers in a phase one clinical study of YCT-529, a drug candidate designed to offer the first hormone-free male birth control pill. The initial preclinical studies, funded in part by the…