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Co-injection of the CRISPR–Cas9 components with sperm during intracytoplasmic sperm injection33 might allow more time for targeting before the first cell division, further increasing editing efficiency.

From Nature • Sep. 19, 2017

I was told that three out of five eggs had survived the thaw and they had been injected with sperm selected under digital hi-magnification by a scientist, a procedure called intracytoplasmic sperm injection or ICSI.

From The Guardian • May 6, 2016

It was hard to ignore the feeling that they were about to offer makeup and fashion tips, rather than the cold hard facts about ovarian stimulation, egg retrieval, the zona pellucida, and intracytoplasmic sperm injection.

From Slate • Sep. 30, 2014

The technique their physician had predicted, is known as ICSI--for intracytoplasmic sperm injection--and had first been performed successfully in Belgium in 1992.

From Time Magazine Archive