A platform for simultaneously screening thousands of sperm cells could lead to more efficient identification of high performing sperm for fertility treatments.
Protein islands trap individual sperm cells for motility analysis
Assisted reproductive technologies have revolutionised the fertility world, however, sperm must be carefully picked on the basis of specific characteristics, including motility, to increase the chance of a successful pregnancy. However, more than half of the sperm selected for intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) using current procedures are damaged.
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Make it Spin: Individual Trapping of Sperm for Analysis and Recovery Using Micro-Contact Printing
Jean-Philippe Frimat, Mathijs Bronkhorst, Bjorn de Wagenaar, Johan Bomer, Ferdi van der Heijden, Albert van den Berg and Loes Segerink
Lab Chip, 2014, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C4LC00050A, Paper
