a strong trendp = 0.3264
Due to variability between patient samples, although there is a strong trend demonstrating the substantially better viability of non-frozen cells, it is not statistically significant (unpaired t -test, p = 0.3264).
Due to variability between patient samples, although there is a strong trend demonstrating the substantially better viability of non-frozen cells, it is not statistically significant (unpaired t -test, p = 0.3264).
Therefore, while there is not a statistically significant difference in the number of total cells per gram of tissue isolated between the sequential and simultaneous digestion methods (paired t -test, p = 0.1158), there is a clear trend of more cells isolated using the sequential method (six of seven samples tested) and consistently better viability for all seven skin samples directly compared.