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In blogazine, tunasing listed out his biotech wishlist, the first item is “Tongkat ali lubricant (water based to work with condoms)”.

You might be asking, “What on earth is Tongkat Ali?” Tongkat Ali is a plant which is famed for its treat on sexual dysfunctional.

Scientific America:

Kiser and his colleagues developed a polymer mixture that is liquid at room temperature, but thickens into a gellike coating at body temperature and a pH of 4 to 5, which occurs in the vagina. The researchers designed the gel to liquefy again at neutral PH, because semen neutralizes vaginal PH. Kiser says it can then mix with semen and deliver a desired antiviral payload, perhaps a small molecule or a polymer microbicide (microbe-killing compound).

In the future, “Tongkat Ali Ginseng Coffee” is not what you need, but “The Tongkat Ali Molecular Condom”.

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