2019 Year 12 IB Extended Essays

Table of Contents

Table of Contents .................................................................................................................. 1 1 Introduction.................................................................................................................... 2 1.1 Cell division and transcription factors........................................................................................2 1.2 Stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) ................................................................2 1.3 Coronary heart disease and direct programming .......................................................................3 2 Method and Procedure ................................................................................................... 4 2.1 Obtaining the active transcription factors in iCPCs .....................................................................4 2.2 Examining the specificity of each transcription factor ................................................................4 2.3 Investigating possible undesirable effects..................................................................................5 3 Results............................................................................................................................ 7 3.1 Raw Data ............................................................................................................................7 3.2 Processed Data .........................................................................................................................7 4 Discussion....................................................................................................................... 9 5 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................ 11 6 Evaluation ........................................................................................................................ 12 Bibliography........................................................................................................................ 14 Appendix............................................................................................................................. 16 Raw Data .....................................................................................................................................16

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