IVF treatment, which is the greatest hope for couples who cannot have a baby, has come a long way since it was first introduced. However, attempts are still being made to increase pregnancy success with new techniques and alternative approaches. Microchip sperm selection is one of these. However, its medical benefits have not yet been proven and it has only been shown to be beneficial in small-scale studies. Therefore, it is not right to consider it as a miraculous approach and to present it as a solution to male infertility.
This method is especially tried when men have low sperm counts and male infertility is an issue. It is claimed that in microfluidic chip technology, sperm with the highest quality in terms of DNA structure can be selected and thus embryos with the highest quality DNA structure can be created.
How is microchip in vitro fertilization treatment applied?
In vitro fertilization treatment helps couples who have not been able to get pregnant through normal means or other reproductive methods to have a baby. For this purpose, the ovaries of the prospective mother are stimulated with various hormone drugs during the month and egg cells are obtained. The collected egg cells are fertilized with sperm taken from the man in a laboratory environment and pregnancy is attempted. However, when quality sperm cannot be selected in this application, it becomes more difficult to get pregnant with the embryos obtained. Because, within the body's own mechanism, sperm are separated in micro channels while pregnancy occurs.
In microchip in vitro fertilization treatment, this natural mechanism of the body has been created. Thanks to the development of sperm chips, micro channels formed by hormones in the body have been obtained outside the body. These channels mimic the body's mechanism. They act as a filter and separate the healthy and high-quality sperm. The high-quality sperm collected in the micro channels are filtered to another area. It is claimed that the pregnancy rate will increase by fertilizing these healthy sperm with egg cells using the microinjection method. However, these claims need to be proven with more extensive scientific research.
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