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ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
In this study, spider silk protein employment in topical wound dressings helps to shorten the wound healing period. In normal cases, it takes 12 days to heal the earthworm wound as a robust…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide causing 10 million deaths in 2020. Many patients do not have access to quality treatment and diagnosis which is unfortunate since the su…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The aim of this research study is to evaluate the enamel erosion due to the different pH levels in chlorines typically used in swimming pools (sodium hypochlorite, lithium hypochlorite, and…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The Effects of E-Cigarettes on Drosophila melanogaster. Our project is about the negative effects of E-vapor. This is an important topic because people think that vaping is safe. According t…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Endothelial vascular leakage is responsible for the pathogenesis of diverse acute and chronic inflammatory diseases, such as COVID-19 and influenza, heart disease and arteriosclerosis. In pa…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Martial arts performance assessment of karate practitioners was conducted using a low-cost electromyography (EMG) sensor and data acquisition system. The participants were asked to perform k…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
Metastasis occurs when cancer cells successfully evade a type of cell death known as anoikis, which allows them to travel freely throughout the body. Anoikis, when occurring naturally, is ce…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
In the project, “the Introduction of Excess Calcium in Cancer Cells” liposomes/lipofectamines were used to transport calcium chloride into cancer cells. The purpose was to see if liposomes c…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
At a conscious level, humans react to music with physical changes, where “sad” and “happy” music cause variations in mood and heart rates. The question that then arises is whether the human…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
The researchers science fair project was inspired on the fact that cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. This disease has taken over 10 million lives in the last year. The…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Current neurophysiological and neuropharmacological evidence suggests that melanotropins are one of the key regulators in a wide variety of physiological processes in the central nervous sys…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common malignancy worldwide and is associated with a high rate of treatment failure. Although Activin-A and its antagonist Follistatin expressions i…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
The purpose of this experiment was to identify if the L form of beta-hydroxybutyrate has unique anticancer effects compared to the D form, on the proliferation of cancer cells. It was hypoth…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
Neuroblastoma is one of the most severe tumors in young children with nearly 500 new cases reported each year. Although medications for this disease exist, current treatments are often ineff…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
Osteoporosis is difficult to diagnose since it does not show any signs or symptoms. Current commercially available options are expensive and must be conducted in a laboratory or clinical set…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
Doctors utilize tests such as fluorescent imaging to detect cancer. However, given the high costs of up to $250 per target fluorescent probe, testing for different types of cancers can be un…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
Artificial intelligence is becoming a more widely utilized technology in the healthcare industry to improve predictability and consistency. However, this powerful technology does come with s…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Alzheimer’s disease (AD), affecting >50 million individuals worldwide, is characterized by a progressive loss of cognitive function for which no effective therapies currently exist. To ident…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
By March 4th 2022, the WHO confirmed about 440 million cases and approximately 6 million deaths due to COVID-19. Recently, many studies relied on only expensive swab testing, which cannot pr…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Chemotherapy resistance remains a challenge in treating cancer. There are many factors that can affect resistance, and it is not fully understood. PRPF39 is a pre-mRNA processing factor that…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is a devastating eye disease affecting more than 10 million Americans like my great-grandmother. AMD is a neurodegenerative disease that affects the ma…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Background: The effective ingredients that are added to cosmetics on the market have concentration limits, which weakens the maximum effect on anti-melanogenic activity. Finding a safer and…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
The genetic contribution to the development of type 1 diabetes (T1D) remains unclear; however, certain gene variants contribute to the risk of developing this metabolic disorder. Elucidating…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Chloroquine (CQ), a toxic agent, is an anti-malarial drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. Recently, the former Trump administration controversially promo…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Air pollution (AP) contains many toxins that collectively harm nearly every organ in the body, and is a key risk factor for many chronic diseases. Aside from its toxic actions, AP may alter…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cancer is the cause of every sixth death globally with inadequate screening attributing to 40,000 deaths in the U.S. annually. An alternative to current genetic mutation screening efforts is…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
According to the National Cancer Institute, distress is an emotional, social, spiritual, or physical pain or suffering that may cause a person to feel sad, afraid, depressed, anxious, or lon…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most widespread neurodegenerative disease, affecting over 50 million people across the world. While its progression cannot be stopped, early and accurate diag…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
In 2016, over 1.9 billion adults were overweight or obese and the obesity epidemic, often associated with high-income societies, is now on the rise in low- and middle-income countries. In re…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Purpose: Because of lack of time to participate in sports, Chinese adolescents' physical health status has declined year by year. To prevent and control pneumonia caused by the novel coronav…