Abstract
Summary
Living human epithelial cells, strain HeLa (Gey), readily survive transportation over periods of 1–3 days. Six factors in survival, i.e., 1) nutritional status of cells at the beginning of shipment, 2) availability of nutrients in relation to nutritional needs of cells during shipment, 3) mechanical trauma to cells, 4) duration of shipment, 5) temperature near cells and 6) the method for revival of cells following shipment, were studied to define satisfactory conditions for routine shipment of strain HeLa cells.
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