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ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
When citrate ligands-capped gold nanoparticles are mixed with a sample of positively charged proteins at pH 7, a protein corona is formed on the nanoparticle surface due to electrostatic ads…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
This work consists on the development of a mobile device which has as an objective to assist children who are wheelchair users to develop their physical, psychological, cognitive and social…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Myocardial Infraction Events (Heart Attacks) are cardiac emergencies that restrict blood flow through coronary arteries to major cardiac muscle tissue. Prolonged blood demand deficiency to t…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering First Award
In order to determine corrective eyeglass prescription, large and expensive phoropters, devices which use precisely machined lenses to subjectively determine the prescription providing the c…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Preventing death from Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) holds great importance for the medical and public community worldwide. 326,000 people each year in the U.S. alone are afflicted and 90% do n…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Second Award
One in ten people in the world fall ill from foodborne pathogens each year. Of these, an estimated 420,000 die. Non-typhoidal salmonella is one of the most common types of bacteria responsib…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Being the eighth most frequent surgery in Germany, the insertion of hip replacement is becoming more and more important in our society. A growing problem is the early wear of such implants,…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Articular cartilage damage is the most common injury in the musculoskeletal system. Since cartilage is avascular, injured tissue cannot spontaneously heal and, if not treated, can lead to os…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
The ability of siRNAs to regulate oncogenes through RNA interference makes them a promising target in cancer therapy. siRNAs are an especially beneficial treatment tactic for TNBC, a more ag…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Infections occur when water touches an incision, such as a wound, due to the harmful bacteria that can begin to grow. 6.5 million patients in the U.S. have been affected by this. Ultimately,…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Iron deficiency-caused anemia is prevalent in the Highlands of Peru because natural sources of iron have been removed from the Peruvian diet due to world economics. Instead of eating iron ri…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Electrocardiograms (ECGs), which show a person's heartbeat patterns, are essential for identifying heart diseases hinted by arrhythmias. Some of these patterns can be detected using modern-d…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
In this study, I have designed a wearable device to be used for the injection of the medical agents such as adrenalin, avil and prednol etc. during first-aid interventions in case of anaphyl…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
vonWillebrand Disease debilitates 4+ million people in the US with most subtypes induced by mutations of the von Willebrand Factor (vWF) multimeric glycoprotein responsible for hemostasis. I…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) is a vein disease which affects millions of people around the world, which if left untreated, could cause death. At the moment, the commonly used techniques for…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Second Award
W.I.N.I.T.S targets the global issue of triage in mass casualty incidents. Currently, during hospital response, first responders have to manually assess patients by recording information on…