| abstract |
Providing an ovarian tissue sample comprising cortical tissue and stromal tissue, removing damaged tissue, if any, from the ovarian tissue sample, removing excess interstitial tissue, if any, Stretching the ovarian tissue sample mechanically along at least one dimension of the ovarian tissue sample, thereby increasing the size of the ovarian tissue sample along at least one dimension by at least 10%. A method of preparing ovarian tissue for growth of is presented. Also presented are methods for growing viable oocytes in vitro and for preparing individual growth ovarian follicles. [Selection] Figure 2 |