A review on microfluidics: An aid to assisted reproductive technology

Anand Baby Alias; Hong Yuan Huang; Da Jeng Yao

doi:10.3390/molecules26144354

A review on microfluidics: An aid to assisted reproductive technology

Anand Baby Alias
, Hong Yuan Huang^*
, Da Jeng Yao^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Medicine

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Abstract

Infertility is a state of the male or female reproductive system that is defined as the failure to achieve pregnancy even after 12 or more months of regular unprotected sexual intercourse. Assisted reproductive technology (ART) plays a crucial role in addressing infertility. Various ART are now available for infertile couples. Fertilization in vitro (IVF), intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and intrauterine insemination (IUI) are the most common techniques in this regard. Various microfluidic technologies can incorporate various ART procedures such as embryo and gamete (sperm and oocyte) analysis, sorting, manipulation, culture and monitoring. Hence, this review intends to summarize the current knowledge about the application of this approach towards cell biology to enhance ART.

Original language	English
Article number	4354
Journal	Molecules
Volume	26
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26144354
State	Published - 02 07 2021

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Keywords

Assisted reproductive technology
Droplet microfluidics
Embryo culture
Fertilization in vitro
Sperm and oocyte

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