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ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Detecting cancer in blood enables diagnostic before symptoms develop. I developed a diagnostic model based on an Ovarian Cancer Dataset for improved performance from a previous 4-microRNA mo…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Cervical cancer is the fourth leading cause of death for women in the United States. According to the CDC, since the COVID 19 pandemic, the pap-smear screening rates have declined by 80%. Th…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder and the leading cause of death in the US. There are currently no effective drugs for this disease due to lack of unders…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common malignant adult brain tumor. With minimal clinical innovation, the prognosis for GBM patients remains grim. However, there is a commonality between 83%…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Neurological disorders, such as Parkinson’s Disease and Alzheimer's Disease, have become more common in recent years, with the number of deaths due to neurological disorders increasing by ab…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Brain tumors are a significant and growing health concern in the United States, with an estimated 700,000 people living with a primary brain tumor. Misdiagnosis is a major issue with brain t…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
The current practice of treating cancer with radiation, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy is a one-size-fits-all approach in which patients with the same type and stage of cancer receive the s…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Brain strokes are a prominent, life-threatening condition that significantly afflicts the world population, with 15 million people suffering from a stroke annually. A large percentage of str…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
The global ageing population is rapidly and constantly growing, with 70% of the elderly suffering from Osteoarthritis (OA), a leading cause of disability and depression, robbing countless of…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Otitis media (OM) is the leading cause of hearing loss in children globally, affecting nearly a billion people per year. Impoverished areas typically lack trained ear specialists, which prev…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science Third Award
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome is the most common endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age. It has its existence in almost 1 in every 10 females. It is a hormonal disorder that affects the…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Glioblastoma is the most frequent and the most lethal primary malignant brain tumor. Treatment with temozolomide for the MGMT methylated subgroup may increase median survival time two folds.…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Chemotherapy resistance is a pressing issue in treating cancer, and despite decades of research, it is still incompletely understood. Cancer cells can be inherently resistant or develop resi…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
On July 23, 2022, the World Health Organization declared the global monkeypox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. It is diagnosed through Polymerase Chain Reaction t…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) is a chronic, progressive condition that limits the heart’s ability to pump adequate volumes of blood to the vital organs, accounting for 1 in 4 deaths in the…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Background: Chronic kidney disease is a progressive and irreversible loss of kidney function. Panama, according to CSS statistics, there are more than 2,200 patients for the year 2020 in dia…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Antimicrobial Peptide(AMP) MicrocinJ25 (MccJ25) is naturally secreted by E.coli & is efficient anti-bacterial. MccJ25 reduces intestinal inflammation & promotes healthy gut-bacteria. Unlike…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Congenital cataracts are present in 20,000-40,000 births each year and are among the leading causes of childhood blindness. Surgery is currently the only available treatment due to a poor un…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Chemotherapy is the primary form of treatment for the majority of cancer patients, using cytotoxic drugs to suppress tumor growth. However, cancer cells, by evolving through rapid generation…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cancer cell migration is an important part of the growth of secondary tumors as they invade local tissue, thus finding safe interventions to cancer cell migration can be an important tool to…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Traditionally, in neurosurgery planning cortical language areas are identified by having individuals actively perform a language task while the magnetic resonance image (MRI) scan is acquire…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
??Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible and fatal form of dementia caused by the degeneration of neurons in the brain. This disorder is characterized by the aggregation of tau protein, the…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Over the last century, there has been an unparalleled focus on genomic techniques in cancer research which has resulted in a neglected understanding of cancer metabolics. Despite being disco…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cardiovascular diseases in minority populations are grossly misunderstood and studies show clear data exemplifying disparities in screenings. Studies largely focus on exhaustively researched…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Fucoidans are sulfated polysaccharides that provide structure in brown seaweeds. Medical research has found a substantial amount of evidence for the investigation into fucoidan as an antican…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science Second Award
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a physical disruption of brain tissue followed by a cascade of inflammatory responses. The responses result in a transient disruption of the blood-brain barri…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Myocarditis is a disease in which there is inflammation located within the muscle tissue of the heart, or myocardium. It is characterized by infiltration of mononuclear inflammatory cells in…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a disorder that affects brain development and can cause problems with social interaction and communication, is thought to be caused by both genetic and non-ge…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is not only a ruthless cancer but also the most common form of cancer diagnosed in adults. Despite currently available treatment strategies and emerging therapi…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Hypertension is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, affecting 1.3 billion people and attributing to 17.9 million deaths worldwide per year, making it the leading preventab…