Ability of Sperm to Swim against the Flow (VIDEO)
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For best chances of in vitro fertilization success, the most motile sperm are chosen from semen. But current methods of sperm selection are inefficient and can cause fragmentation of the precious DNA carried in sperm heads. Afrouz Ataei has developed an alternative mechanism to sort sperm, which avoids genetic damage while also being faster and more cost-effective. Ataei will describe the device at the 2019 APS March Meeting in Boston.
This video demonstrates the ability of sperm to swim against the flow. There flow is from left to right and you see some of the sperm start resisting and swimming against it.
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Afrouz Ataei on the equipment in her advisor's (Waseem Asghar) lab
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