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ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Stroke is a very important medical and social problem. An important factor in the quality of life of a person who has suffered a stroke is the preservation hand's fine motor skills. The most…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Cancer treatment approach applying nanotechnology has many advantages compared to conventional chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Nanoshells are optically tunable core/shell nanoparticles t…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Majority of the collagen used for commercial products are extracted from cow and pig skins. However, with the emergence of fish collagen as a potential option of wound healing, tilapia skin…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Prosthetics, artificial limbs for amputees or those born with congenital defects, are often commercially priced high making them unattainable for many low income families and patients. Apply…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Our goal is to help more than 30% of the world’s population to sleep better by providing a non-invasive closed loop system for improving sleep that can be used at home. The system is built i…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
The beat had stopped. A beloved one had died. A family missed a father or a mother. We didn’t lose a heart; we lost a family. As the WHO said, in 2015 14.4 million people around the world di…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Heart attacks are one of the most common heart problems and happen very quickly, so it is very important that people with a high risk of a heart attack be provided with devices that alert em…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Each year, 251,000 patients die due to medical errors in the United States. In aortic valve replacement surgery, over 6% of patients die during or within 5 years of surgery due to medical er…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
The seasonal Influenza A virus (H1N1) remains a highly contagious and deadly disease worldwide. Rapid sensitive testing options remain limited. Although success has been found in methods suc…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
This work focused on applying existing cell phone technology as a cost effective innovative tool for wound measurements. Precise wound measurements are utilized for medical records, document…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Ovarian cancer (OVC) is one of the leading causes of death in women in the US. With only a 15% survival rate in the late stages, a fast and accessible method of OVC biomarker detection in hu…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Polyether ether ketone (PEEK) is polyaromatic semi-crystalline thermoplastic polymer with mechanical properties favorable for bio-medical applications. The aim of our study was to investigat…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
The dream of living forever, only accomplishable by replacing broken parts of the human body, is closer than it has ever been before. Fulfilling this dream requires biomaterials: organic or…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Knowing the microelectromechanical and thermodynamics properties of the lipid bilayer (for example those from the structure of the cell membrane) we are trying to conduct a theoretical and e…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
MaculAR is a product designed to enhance the vision of a macular degeneration patient. While macular degeneration is an incurable disease which causes the macula to deteriorate and the patie…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this project was to enhance the fluorescence of GFP (green fluorescent protein) using metal nitrates. A one molar solution of the following metal nitrates were made: aluminum…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Cancer is one of the most common diseases that has difficulties in diagnosis and treatment field. The number of cancer patients and their mortality rates are increasing day by day. Metastasi…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Migraine is one of the most common ills among men and women but are more prevalent among women. Migraine is a sever half headache that lasts for several hours or days, it begins with strong…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Lung cancer accounts for the majority of cancer-related deaths each year. Despite its prevalence, current detection methods can take up to 10 days and cost up to $300 for one screening. The…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Each year about 50,000 patients die from colon cancer – it is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Colon cancer usually develops from polyps, which are growths on t…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Silent Myocardial Infarctions (SMIs) produce non-specific ambiguous symptoms in patients who are at-risk (ie., diabetic, etc.) because of associated nerve damages. Currently, there's almost…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease (COPD) is expected to become the third largest killer worldwide by 2030. Current diagnosis mechanisms are time-consuming and costly, highlighting the ne…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Organ transplantation is facing a number of increasingly worrisome problems. Organ shortage threatens an increase in waitlisted patient’s mortality. Incompatibility and immunosuppressive com…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Synthetic biology seeks to imbue living cells with complex genetic circuits that execute localized logical computations. These genetic circuits are usually composed of multiple genes express…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of a Continuous Passive Motion (CPM) machine is to increase the healing rate of injured tendons, ligaments, and minor muscle injuries by moving a patient's joints. Our idea is to…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common cancer found in men globally and has the highest mortality rate in men when compared to other cancers. However, early diagnosis of PCa has led…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Nanoparticle-based drug carriers are promising, minimally invasive candidates for cancer treatment. However, the challenge remains in how best to specifically target transformed cells. Upon…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Research problem: Diabetic foot: It is a foot of diabetic. In 2014 there was 422,000,000 people diabetic. Diabetic foot is one of the most common complications of diabetes.it is leading to w…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Every year many people die from blood loss. There are some modern medical devices (coagulators) allowing to prevent extra bleeding. However, each of them has disadvantages. My goal is to exp…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
According to 2011 data, 48.4% of individuals with disabilities in Palestine suffer from mobility disabilities; 49.5% in the West Bank compared with 47.2% in the Gaza Strip. Followed by learn…