Editing Condom (section)

== Research ==
{{See also|Male contraceptive}}
A [[spray-on condom]] made of latex is intended to be easier to apply and more successful in preventing the transmission of diseases. {{as of|2009}}, the spray-on condom was not going to market because the drying time could not be reduced below two to three minutes.<ref name="time">{{cite news |last=Lefevre |first=Callie |title=Spray-On Condoms: Still a Hard Sell |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=13 August 2008 |url=http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1832445,00.html | access-date = 26 July 2009 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090523103504/http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1832445,00.html | archive-date = 23 May 2009}}</ref><ref name="spraytv">{{cite web |url=http://www.sf.tv/var/videoplayer.php?videourl=http%3A%2F%2Freal.xobix.ch%2Framgen%2Fsfdrs%2F10vor10%2F2006%2F10vor10_29112006.rm%3Fstart%3D0%3A23%3A35.732%26amp%3Bend%3D0%3A27%3A02.140 |title=Spray-On-Condom |access-date=3 December 2006 |publisher=Schweizer Fernsehen News |date=29 November 2006 |format=streaming video [Real format] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206171909/http://www.sf.tv/var/videoplayer.php?videourl=http%3A%2F%2Freal.xobix.ch%2Framgen%2Fsfdrs%2F10vor10%2F2006%2F10vor10_29112006.rm%3Fstart%3D0%3A23%3A35.732%26amp%3Bend%3D0%3A27%3A02.140 |archive-date=6 December 2006}}</ref><ref name="spray">{{cite web |url=http://www.spraykondom.de/spraycondom/index.php |title=Spray-On-Condom |access-date=3 December 2006 |publisher=Institut für Kondom-Beratung |year=2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061211204724/http://www.spraykondom.de/spraycondom/index.php |archive-date=11 December 2006}}</ref>

The Invisible Condom, developed at [[Université Laval]] in Quebec, Canada, is a gel that hardens upon increased temperature after insertion into the vagina or rectum. In the lab, it has been shown to effectively block HIV and herpes simplex virus. The barrier breaks down and liquefies after several hours. {{as of|2005}}, the invisible condom is in the clinical trial phase, and has not yet been approved for use.<ref>{{cite web |title=Safety, Tolerance and Acceptability Trial of the Invisible Condom in Healthy Women |work=ClinicalTrials.gov |publisher=U.S. National Institutes of Health |date=August 2005 |url=http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/show/NCT00136643?order=6 |access-date=14 August 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060829080802/http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/show/NCT00136643?order=6 |archive-date=29 August 2006}}</ref>

Also developed in 2005 is a condom treated with an erectogenic compound. The drug-treated condom is intended to help the wearer maintain an erection, which should also help reduce slippage. If approved, the condom would be marketed under the Durex brand. {{as of|2007}}, it was still in [[clinical trials]].<ref name="collier" />{{Rp|345}} In 2009, Ansell Healthcare, the makers of Lifestyle condoms, introduced the X2 condom lubricated with "Excite Gel" which contains the amino acid [[Arginine|L-arginine]] and is intended to improve the strength of the erectile response.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lifestyles.com/condoms.php |title=Condoms: Lifestyles Condoms |publisher=Lifestyles.com |access-date=15 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110109010100/http://www.lifestyles.com/condoms.php |archive-date=9 January 2011}}</ref>

In March 2013, philanthropist [[Bill Gates]] offered US$100,000 grants through his foundation for a condom design that "significantly preserves or enhances pleasure" to encourage more males to adopt the use of condoms for safer sex. The grant information stated: "The primary drawback from the male perspective is that condoms decrease pleasure as compared to no condom, creating a trade-off that many men find unacceptable, particularly given that the decisions about use must be made just prior to intercourse. Is it possible to develop a product without this stigma, or better, one that is felt to enhance pleasure?"<ref>{{cite news |title=Bill Gates offers $100,000 grant for improved condoms |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/24/bill-gates-offers-100000-grant-improved-condoms/ |access-date=2 May 2013 |newspaper=[[The Washington Times]] |date=24 March 2013 |author=Jessica Chasmar |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504144403/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/24/bill-gates-offers-100000-grant-improved-condoms/|archive-date=4 May 2013}}</ref> In November of the same year, 11 research teams were selected to receive the grant money.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weber |first=Peter |date=21 November 2013 |title=Meet the 11 condoms of the future selected by Bill Gates |work=[[The Week]] |url=https://theweek.com/articles/455793/meet-11-condoms-future-selected-by-bill-gates |access-date=7 January 2020 |archive-date=3 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103033704/https://theweek.com/articles/455793/meet-11-condoms-future-selected-by-bill-gates |url-status=live }}</ref>