Microfluidics for sperm research

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 221-229

  Knowlton, Stephanie M ^a   Sadasivam, Magesh ^b   Tasoglu, Savas ^a,c  

^a University of Connecticut   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Microfluidics; Point of care; Sperm genomics; Sperm sorting for infertility; Sperm driven robotics; Wildlife conservation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION; ROBOTICS;

ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES; EMERGING APPLICATIONS; GENOMICS; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTIONS; MICROFLUIDIC TECHNOLOGIES; POINT OF CARE; SPERM SORTING FOR INFERTILITY; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

MICROFLUIDICS;

CHEMOATTRACTANT;

FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROFLUIDICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MOUSE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; OOCYTES; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84925291393     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2015.01.005     Document Type: Review

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