An oldy but a go… it’s weird, but I thought it was cool. Back in 2017, Scientist created a spermbot to help solve male infertility. I won’t be volunteering to try it first.
*Errata: Just found reports of this as early as 2013*
Original reporting:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spermbot-tiny-motor-helps-sperm-swim-to-egg/#:~:text=The%20so%2Dcalled%20spermbots%20basically,fertilization%2C%20the%20motor%20slips%20off.
Ongoing work here: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11149708/pdf/ijn-19-5095.pdf
#science #scientificbreakthroughs #sperm
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