Fig. (1) Comparison of cell growth rate in a plate covered with a layer of agarose-medium gel with the control cells which were maintained in the regular cell culture condition. (A) Images of the MDCK cells that were recovered and incubated for 24 hours in the regular cell culture condition after the three days transporting in the agarose-medium gel covered plate. The agarose concentrations in the gel were 0.5, 0.8, 1, 1.2 and 1.5 %, respectively. The control cells were kept in the regular cell culture condition. (B) Comparison of effect of agarose concentrations on the recovered cell numbers. The cells were seeded and cultured one day at 37 °C, 5% CO2 incubator before covered with the agarose-medium gel with different agarose concentrations for transportation. After three days of transportation, the gel was peeled and regular cell culture medium was added to cells. The cell numbers of the MDCK cells were counted after the cells were cultured in the regulate cell culture condition for one day. (C) Comparison of recovered cell numbers after transported in 1% agarose-medium gel for 1, 2 or 3 days at ambient condition.