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ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Affordably Examining Your Eyes [A-EYE] is a multistage artificial intelligence platform that detects eye conditions through retinal fundus images. Unlike previous attempts of deep learning d…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Systemic Scleroderma (SSc) is a severe autoimmune disease, characterized by immune abnormality, vasculopathy, and fibrosis. Clinically, SSc has no cure. Although the Chinese herb Astragalus…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences First Award
After losing my grandfather to COPD, I was determined to develop an accessible method for diagnosis of chronic respiratory illnesses. The objective of my project was to design and create a h…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is not only one of the most common non-sex-specific cancers, but also one of the most deadly. Early diagnosis and treatment, however, can significantly improve patien…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Cardiac arrhythmias occur when the electrical impulses that coordinate heart beats don't work properly. In the U.S., they cause over a million hospitalizations and over 200,000 sudden cardia…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Immunotherapy has revolutionized some cancer treatments. Yet, the same treatments showed disappointing outcomes for most prostate cancer patients, with five-year survival rates of 99% for ea…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science Third Award
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Indeed, PD cases are rapidly rising, especially in underdeveloped areas that don’t have ready access to therapeutic car…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common chronic skin disorder most prevalent in children around the world. It causes red and scaly skin with constant itching symptoms. Genetically, the condition…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The conventional use of current therapeutic approaches to treat metastatic cancers is limited. Kinesin Family 19 (KIF19) is a microtubule-associated protein involved in cell motility and has…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The most commonly administered chemotherapeutic agent in Glioblastoma (GBM) treatment, Temozolomide (TMZ), fails to generate a clinically significant response in over 50% of patients due to…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is the sudden onset of kidney damage in which the kidneys cannot filter waste from the blood, requiring emergency hospitalization. AKI patient mortality rate is hig…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Colorectal cancer(CRC) ranks third in occurrence and second in mortality among all cancers. Current CRC identification methods are often ineffective due to the invasiveness of such procedure…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Innate immune response is the protective response of the human body to defend against harmful invaders. However, excessive or dysregulated inflammation may harm human body. Steroids are ofte…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Shown to ameliorate the symptoms or even target the root pathology of conditions ranging from cancer to chronic pain, cannabis and its derivatives have the potential to improve the quality o…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
I strongly believe that a cost-effective, highly sensitive, and easy-to-use Point of Care (POC) multi-biomarker diagnostic device has the potential to increase health equity, this is especia…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Shiga toxin-producing E. coli-induced convulsions/seizures will affect the expressions of Drosophila melanogaster (common fruit flies). This is due to the fact that Shiga toxin-producing E.…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), a type of dementia, is attributed to the overproduction of the amyloid-beta (Aß) protein caused by the cleavage of the amyloid precursor protein. This project focus…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Do spices affect you in a way you don’t want to be affected? Perhaps you want to be relieved from the pain you suffer. Well my experiment might have what you are looking for! The results I f…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
BACKGROUND- Three million people in the U.S alone suffer from gluten intolerance/celiac disease. My aim is to identify which of the natural fruits, and herbs have the ability to breakdown gl…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences First Award
Background: Distinctive roles for T-lymphocyte:Bacteroides fragilis cross-talk occurs in dampening peanut allergic responses. Butyrate is key to B.fragilis regulation of immune homeostasis.…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
For years, track coaches have insisted that runners put their hands on their head because this was the recognized best recovery position. Recent studies done by Western Washington University…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
In this study, we investigated the biological activities of brown pine needles of pine tree for the chronic inflammatory skin disorder such as acne and atopic dermatitis. The Minimum Inhibit…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
Chronic sleep deprivation (CSD), a result of consistent sleep loss, is a global concern in more than half of adults worldwide. Research has shown that people with CSD are more susceptible to…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Currently, HCC is diagnosed through blood tests, invasive liver biopsies, and costly imaging tests; and…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that destroys memory and thinking. This study focused on two critical gaps in AD research: novel treatment identification and early di…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. After the cancer diagnosis, the oncologist will stage cancer and devise an effective treatment plan. Novel methods to predict the severity is a…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly aggressive and rapidly growing brain cancer that affects the central nervous system and typically leads to death within 15 months of diagnosis. It i…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Over 1.2 billion people suffer from constipation each year and in the US alone $725 million are spent on laxatives per year. The most commonly used treatments are stool softeners, osmotic, a…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Patients with delirium suffer severe confusion, paranoia, hallucinations, and struggle to understand or pay attention to what is happening. The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the already sev…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and insulin resistance have been known for years to be correlated statistically. However, no one has been able to confirm which one causes the other. In an a…