Magnetic‐Assisted Control of Eggs and Embryos via Zona Pellucida‐Linked Nanoparticles

FA García‐Vázquez, G Garrappa, C Luongo… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Eggs and embryo manipulation is an important biotechnological challenge to enable
positioning, entrapment, and selection of reproductive cells to advance into a new era of …

Sperm movement control utilizing surface charged magnetic nanoparticles

M Chang, YJ Chang, TY Wang… - Journal of nanoscience …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Oligozoospermia and asthenospermia are significant issues related to male infertility, and
clinical treatments for infertility are complicated and expensive. This paper presents a sperm …

Influence of Nanoparticle Coating on the Differential Magnetometry and Wireless Actuation of Biohybrid Microrobots

V Magdanz, JR Cumming… - 2023 IEEE/RSJ …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Magnetic nanoparticles can be electrostatically assembled around sperm cells to form
biohybrid micro robots. These biohybrid microrobots possess sufficient magnetic material to …

[PDF][PDF] Targeting of cancer cells using controlled nanoparticles and robotics sperms

IS Khalil, RM Abdel-Kader, IE Gomaa, N Serag… - Int. J. Adv. Robot …, 2016 - mnrlab.com
We achieve selective penetration of MCF-7 breast cancer cells using iron-oxide
nanoparticles without causing a permanent damage to the membrane and without any effect …

Pollen‐Based Magnetic Microrobots are Mediated by Electrostatic Forces to Attract, Manipulate, and Kill Cancer Cells

CC Mayorga‐Martinez, M Fojtů… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Naturally occurring micro/nanoparticles provide an incredible array of potential sources
when preparing hybrid micro/nanorobots and their intrinsic properties can be exploited as …

A rotating spiral micromotor for noninvasive zygote transfer

L Schwarz, DD Karnaushenko, F Hebenstreit… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Embryo transfer (ET) is a decisive step in the in vitro fertilization process. In most cases, the
embryo is transferred to the uterus after several days of in vitro culture. Although studies …

Loading magnetic nanoparticles into sperm cells does not affect their functionality

S Ben-David Makhluf, R Qasem, S Rubinstein… - Langmuir, 2006 - ACS Publications
The spontaneous loading of magnetite nanoparticles into sperm cell was carried out by
mixing an aqueous colloidal solution of Fe3O4− PVA with sperm cells (108 cells/ml) for 2 h …

Drug-Loaded IRONSperm clusters: modeling, wireless actuation, and ultrasound imaging

KINA Middelhoek, V Magdanz, L Abelmann… - Biomedical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Individual biohybrid microrobots have the potential to perform biomedical in vivo tasks such
as remote-controlled drug and cell delivery and minimally invasive surgery. This work …

Lineage specific differentiation of magnetic nanoparticle-based size controlled human embryoid body

B Son, JA Kim, S Cho, GJ Jeong, BS Kim… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) possess unique properties in terms of self-renewal
and differentiation, which make them particularly well-suited for use in tissue engineering …

Using magnetic nanoparticles to manipulate biological objects

Y Liu, Y Gao, C Xu - Chinese Physics B, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The use of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) for the manipulation of biological objects,
including proteins, genes, cellular organelles, bacteria, cells, and organs, are reviewed …