borderline significantp = 0.0798
3 b), and a borderline significant difference between the filtered lipid (5/10) and retained serum (8/10) cultures ( p = 0.0798; one-tailed Chi square), and filtered serum (6/10) and retained lipid (9/10) ( p = 0.0607; one-tailed Chi square), suggesting that filtration was detrimental for the survival of ex vivo cultures independently of their media supplementation status.