Determining how changes in protein expression affect apoptosis in the Jurkat cell line

Cancer research is responsible for many of the scientific advances that are evidenced today. Despite the intelligent nature of cancer cells, researchers have still been able to successfully identify and treat the disease effectively. Through the experimentation of lurkat cells, scientists are able to determine the apoptotic effects of drugs on these cells, whether genes like T AL-1 are inhibited or promoted and also if caspase activity has been inhibited in the cells. By comparing cell counts before and after drug treatments, completing protein extraction and protein determination data, and analyzing Western blot and caspase activity results, concrete conclusions can be derived on the relationship between drug treatment concentrations and apoptosis in lurkat cells. This data can then be used to introduce drug treatments to human cells for the significant treatment ofregularly growing cancer cells.Thesis (B.?.)Honors Colleg