In IVF selection of good sperm brings good success for pregnancy. Women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) may become pregnant with fewer treatment cycles by a new device that can select faster and healthier sperm cells, scientists, including one of Indian origin, have found. The microfluidic device dubbed SPARTAN, short for Simple Periodic ARray for Trapping And Isolation was developed by a team of researchers. It uses a field of three-dimensional posts that create an obstacle course for the swimming sperm cells.
The strongest and healthiest sperm get through this array the fastest and then are collected at the outlet to be used in the IVF process, according to researchers. Traditional sperm-sorting methods used in IVF treatments select sperm that are the fastest swimmers. The SPARTAN device collects sperm that are the fastest and also the healthiest because it culls out those…
