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Spermbots: Concept and Applications

verfasst von : Mariana Medina-Sánchez, Veronika Magdanz, Lukas Schwarz, Haifeng Xu, Oliver G. Schmidt

Erschienen in: Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Biohybrid systems are promising solutions in micro- and nanobiotechnology due to the possibility to combine exciting biological properties of living microorganisms/cells (e.g. sensing and taxis mechanisms), and the controllability of man-made microstructures. Here we present the development of tubular and helical spermbots, a concept that refers to a sperm-based microrobot. The recent achievements include the capture, guidance and release of motile and immotile sperm cells by artificial magnetic microstructures (microtubes, microhelices or four-armed microtubes). These approaches are interesting for potential applications in in vivo assisted fertilization and targeted drug delivery. The characteristics, challenges and possibilities are discussed in detail throughout this work.

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Metadaten
Titel
Spermbots: Concept and Applications
verfasst von
Mariana Medina-Sánchez
Veronika Magdanz
Lukas Schwarz
Haifeng Xu
Oliver G. Schmidt
Copyright-Jahr
2017
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63537-8_53

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