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ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Neuroblastoma is one of the most common malignant pediatric tumors, accounting for 10% of all childhood cancer deaths. However, current treatment methods often involve chemotherapeutic agent…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
The anti-estrogen tamoxifen is a highly effective hormonal therapy for hormonal (HR+) breast cancer patients. However, the estrogen receptor-negative, progesterone receptor–positive (ER-/PR+…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Currently, growing interest has emerged on the beneficial effects of plant-based diets for the prevention of chronic diseases. Studies have shown that polyphenol compounds possess preventive…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
This study used deep learning neural networks to investigate the most important clinical variables that could be used to determine escalated care early on in COVID-19 patients. Hospitalized…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S., with about 1 in 8 women developing invasive breast cancer in her lifetime. Drug repurposing, an underused treatment, is crucial for…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Lung cancer is responsible for the highest number of cancer-related deaths worldwide, and lung adenocarcinoma is its most common subtype. This study used statistical analysis to determine th…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
The opioid crisis has taken a huge toll on our country. Noting that in 2018, nearly 22% of opioid related deaths in the U.S. were due to prescription painkiller overdose, this research aims…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Over 70 countries approve the consumption of artificial sweeteners (Ogungbemi et al., 2019). People, including pregnant women, consume them to substitute sugar in drinks such as diet soda (P…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, a child with birth defects is born approximately every 4.5 minutes. The currently accepted method to determine the potential of ne…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Inherited retinal diseases may cause retinal degeneration which can lead to blindness. There are about 250 different genes associated with inherited retinal diseases resulting in many differ…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Statistical reports have shown that 627,000 women worldwide died from breast cancer in 2018. There are many useful drugs available today. However, the obstacles in cancer chemotherapy are th…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
PURPOSE: The aim of our research was to evaluate the effects of ethanol and some amino acids mixture on alloxan-induced diabetic rats, to study their behavior changes and to investigate bloo…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Over 2 million Americans suffer from aphasia, a condition that affects stroke victim’s ability to communicate. Aphasia has no medical cure, but it can be improved through extensive speech-la…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science Third Award
With rapidly increasing COVID-19 cases, patients with mild and moderate symptoms are being asked to home-isolate themselves to save hospital resources for more severe patients. Such patients…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The American diet, rich in carbohydrates, has been implicated in the rise of metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome includes various conditions that increase a person’s risk for cardiovascul…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Gliomas make up nearly a third of all brain tumors and are extremely aggressive in later stages, with only a 5% five-year survival rate. Each year, approximately 20,000 people are diagnosed…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Isolated liver and lung metastases in colorectal carcinoma are both stage IVA. However, not all stage IV tumors are the same. The lungs act as a waypoint for further metastatic spread, sugge…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Aberrant Nuclear Factor-kappa B (NF-?B) activation is observed in autoimmune, inflammatory, and malignant disorders. Current therapeutics targeting NF-?B inhibit upstream NF-?B activators, a…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Scoliosis is a common spinal deformity exhibiting high prevalence rates amongst athletes, specifically competitive swimmers. Generally, individuals diagnosed with scoliosis exhibit possible…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of this research was to determine how the brewing temperature affected the antioxidant levels of sagebrush tea . As an American Indian, sagebrush is important in my culture for a…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Stress is a growing issue in society, and results in the excretion of the stress hormone, cortisol. Cannabidiol (CBD) is anecdotally suggested to reduce stress; yet very little scientific re…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Nutrition has been demonstrated to have a number of effects on development and overall health. As such, we sought to investigate the effects of the consumption of several nutritional supplem…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Antibiotic resistance is one of the world’s most urgent public health problems. Every year in the US, around 2.5 million people get an antibiotic resistance infection, while 35000 people end…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Causal relationships have been established between blood-brain barrier (BBB) & inner blood-retina barrier (iBRB) dysfunction and many age-related CNS disorders. However, mechanisms governing…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Women are more prone to disorders such as PTSD and depression. Yet, most preclinical psychopathological research solely uses male subjects, and there is a paucity of sex-specific studies. Th…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
As the percentage of brain tumor that is resected increases, a patient’s life expectancy drastically increases. Thus, neurosurgeons need to be able to differentiate between healthy brain tis…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
One of the main problems for human beings’ health is Chronic Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs), which causes progressive and multifactorial health deterioration, being responsible for about 7…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Ulcerative Colitis (UC) is a disease hallmarked by continuous inflammation along the gastrointestinal tract, which is largely the consequence of autoimmunity. Its prevalence continues to spr…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Prebiotic are non-digestible polysaccharides, one of potent functional food, which can specifically enhance growth of beneficial bacteria in the host gastrointestinal systems. There are seve…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a significant debate about the correct and most efficient type of face-covering to wear, and research on this topic could save hundreds if not thousands of l…