Periodic Reporting for period 1 - CAiPSC (Determining centromere assembly mechanisms and improving mitotic fidelity during somatic cell reprogramming)

Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) are obtained from a small group of cells found very early in the development of the embryo. Cells taken from one embryo can be made to multiply in the laboratory to create a ‘cell line’, like the cell line we used in our project, which...