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Larger testes are associated with a higher level of polyandry, but a smaller ejaculate volume, across bushcricket species (Tettigoniidae) [PDF]

, 2010
While early models of ejaculate allocation predicted that both relative testes and ejaculate size should increase with sperm competition intensity across species, recent models predict that ejaculate size may actually decrease as testes size and sperm ...
Darren J. Parker, James D. J. Gilbert, Karim Vahed, Simmons L. W.   +3 more
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Cell Calcification Models and Their Implications for Medicine and Biomaterial Research

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Calcification, is the process by which the tissues containing minerals are formed, occurring during normal physiological processes, or in pathological conditions. Here, it is aimed to give a comprehensive overview of the range of cell models available, and the approaches taken by these models, highlighting when and how methodological divergences arise,
Luke Hunter, Caterina Vanelli Coralli, Robert Dzhanaev, Aaron Morgan, Willi Jahnen‐Dechent, Sergio Bertazzo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rapid Fabrication of Self‐Propelled and Steerable Magnetic Microcatheters for Precision Medicine

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A rapid Joule heating fabrication method for the production of self‐propelling, adaptive microcatheters, with tunable stiffness and integrated microfluidic channels is presented. Demonstrated through three microrobotic designs, including a steerable guiding catheter, an untethered wave‐crawling TubeBot, and a distal‐end propelled microcatheter, it was ...
Zhi Chen, Boris Rivkin, David Castellanos‐Robles, Ivan Soldatov, Lukas Beyer, Mariana Medina‐Sánchez   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cryopreservation Does Not Affect the Clinical Pregnancy Rate of Blastocysts Derived from Vitrified Oocytes

Scientific Reports, 2022
Vitrified, or “frozen”, donor eggs can either be fertilized and cultured for fresh transfer (group 1), or fertilized and cryopreserved for transfer in a “frozen embryo transfer” cycle (group 2).
Hadi Ramadan, Tarita Pakrashi, Andrea R. Thurman, Kimball O. Pomeroy, Gerard Celia   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mesenchymal Stem Cell‐Inspired Microneedle Platform for NIR‐responsive Immunomodulation and Accelerated Chronic Wound Healing

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The research demonstrates a Mesenchymal Stem Cell‐inspired microneedle platform (MSCi@MN) that addresses chronic diabetic wounds by combining MSC‐derived extracellular nanovesicles (NV)–DNA conjugates in microneedle tips with photothermal MXene in the patch layer.
Chan Ho Moon, Hee Gyeong Ko, Hyun Lee, Seojoon Bang, Hyeong Seok Kang, Ju Yeong Gwon, Jong Hwa Seo, Nayoung Lee, So Won Jeon, Yun‐A Kim, Jong Sang Yoon, Kyung‐Yup Cha, Min‐Ho Kang, Dong Yun Lee, Soo‐Hong Lee, Gi Doo Cha, Kisuk Yang, Donghyun Lim, Heemin Kang, Su Ryon Shin, Han Young Kim, Hyun‐Do Jung   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does the FNA sperm retrieval failure prediction model work well for current NOA individuals undertaking risk screening before the operation? Model validation, high-risk population identification and potential alternative sperm retrieval exploration

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Background Non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA), the severe type of male infertility. The objective of this study was to evaluate the predictive accuracy of a prediction model of sperm retrieval failure with fine needle aspiration (FNA).
Xiaohui Jiang, Dingming Li, Yi Zheng, Yinxian Li, Hengzhou Bai, Guicheng Zhao, Yi Zhang, Yue Ma   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Zika virus infection in semen: Effect on human reproduction [PDF]

, 2017
Unique among vector-borne flaviviruses, Zika virus can infect testis and male genital tract, can persist in semen for months after symptoms onset, and be sexually transmitted.
Barzon, Luisa, Lavezzo, Enrico, Pal\ue3\ub9, Giorgio   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Directed Navigation of Magnetotactic Bacteria via Magnetotaxis in a 3D Vasculature‐On‐A‐Chip

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A perfusable vascular network is developed to investigate MTB at the single‐microorganism level. MTB is demonstrated to successfully align and navigate along the magnetic field inside the microvessels. Abstract Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB), inherently motile and self‐powered, are promising biorobotic candidates for targeted anti‐cancer drug delivery ...
Brianna Bradley, Yuji Nashimoto, Aldo Gonzalez‐Lopez, Takeshi Hori, Hirokazu Kaji, Peter L. Davies, Carlos Escobedo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Bayesian method to estimate the depth and the range of phonating sperm whales using a single hydrophone [PDF]

, 2007
Some bioacousticians have used a single hydrophone to calculate the depth/range of phonating diving animals. The standard one-hydrophone localization method uses multipath transmissions (direct path, sea surface, and seafloor reflections) of the animal ...
Backus R., Christophe Laplanche, Perez P., Urick R.   +3 more
core   +4 more sources

Effects of paternal exposure to cigarette smoke on sperm DNA methylation and long-term metabolic syndrome in offspring [PDF]

, 2022
Yunyun Liu, Shengzhu Chen, Dejian Pang, Jiayi Zhou, Xiuting Xu, Si Yang, Zhaofeng Huang, Bolan Yu   +7 more
openalex   +1 more source