Figure 2

(A) Diameter of follicles cultured under different conditions over 72 h. Each line represents measured follicle diameter before and after 72 h of culture (n = 20 – 30 follicles per group). Data points are average diameter with standard error bars included for each treatment. Treatment conditions are listed to the right of the data point representing average diameter at 72 hours for each group. a, b, c represent statistically different groups (p < 0.05). (B) Kaplan Meier Survival Plot. Mean survival time for unencapsulated follicles is 4.5 days while mean survival time for encapsulated follicles is 6 days (p < 0.05).