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Medical microbots to support new assisted reproduction techniques

Project description

Using microbots to aid fertilisation

The MicroRepro project is a cutting-edge technology using medical microbots to propel sperm towards the fertilisation of an oocyte. With infertility affecting nearly 50 million couples globally, advanced alternatives are urgently needed for artificial insemination, which has a less than 30 % success rate, and in vitro fertilisation, which may be more successful but is also more invasive. The MicroRepro project provides a method that is closer to a natural process, utilising and enhancing advancements in nanotechnology and microrobotics. The team includes a PI who has invented a related device (Spermbot). Its promising prospects are expected to help resolve a critical medical issue while giving a boost to bioimaging, nanoscience and biology research.

Host institution

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET CHEMNITZ
Net EU contribution
€ 1 975 749,07
Address
Strasse Der Nationen 62
09111 Chemnitz
Germany

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Region
Sachsen Chemnitz Chemnitz
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00

Beneficiaries (2)

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET CHEMNITZ
Germany
Net EU contribution
€ 1 975 749,07
Address
Strasse Der Nationen 62
09111 Chemnitz

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Region
Sachsen Chemnitz Chemnitz
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00
LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FUR FESTKORPER UND WERKSTOFFORSCHUNG DRESDEN EV

Participation ended

Germany
Net EU contribution
€ 520 391,93
Address
Helmholtzstrasse 20
01069 Dresden
Region
Sachsen Dresden Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt
Activity type
Research Organisations
Other funding
€ 0,00