Nanobots to rescue non-motile sperm

Waaaay over my head, and a stupid question; if a couple want a boy, then could this be used to force that orientation?
 
Waaaay over my head, and a stupid question; if a couple want a boy, then could this be used to force that orientation?
I'm not sure as the appearance of sperm is essentially identical so the nanobot would need some other method to differentiate.
 
I'm not sure as the appearance of sperm is essentially identical so the nanobot would need some other method to differentiate.
You can centrifuge the little swimmers and get a 90% separation. They do it all the time for sexed semen in cattle. Throw those nanobots in there and you got a boy or girl maker
 
You can centrifuge the little swimmers and get a 90% separation. They do it all the time for sexed semen in cattle. Throw those nanobots in there and you got a boy or girl maker
Getting way out of my field here but I think that is a bit easier for animals than humans. Although, I am. sure someone will come up with some method.
 
I wonder what the old term implications this has on the embryo and eventual child. It seems to me there would be a benefit to only strong sperm reaching the egg.
They claim there is no increased risk of birth defects or other issues as sperm motility and the DNA contained don't have anything to do with each other.

That said, what you said makes more intuitive sense. And, unfortunately, science is just not on-the-face trustable anymore. If you just created a technology that could make millions given the right circumstances, it would certainly bias you toward trying to show the right circumstances.
 
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