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ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
The purpose of this project was to further understand the impact that over-the-head listening devices contribute towards noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). A primary cause of noise-induced h…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of this experiment is to determine the extent in which ketone supplements reduce postprandial glucose levels in human test subjects. The researcher hypothesized that if the caffe…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
This research study addresses the issue of vaccine hesitancy in adolescents. The research questions of this study include: To what extent does an adolescent’s experience with COVID-19 influe…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Gastric cancer is the fourth most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer related mortality worldwide. Angiogenesis refers to the growth of new blood vessels from preexisting ca…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder with no current effective therapies. Synaptojanin 1 (synj1) is a novel target as lowering its expression can be beneficial for AD. Ni…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The leading cause of potentially survivable deaths in war is hemorrhage. This is frequently due to shortcomings of ready-to-use donated human whole blood with their short shelf lives, storag…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Induced Pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are currently recognized as one of the most potential sources for cell based therapy. iPSCs are highly sensitive to different types of stresses, indica…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Limb loss poses an important challenge to society, as humans have limited regenerative potential. The murine digit is used to study mammalian regeneration because it can regenerate after dis…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
One main challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic is the lack of safety measures to reduce the risk of viral spread during gatherings. This study evaluated oral and nasal droplet spread in an…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This project helped determine which type of toxic chemicals found in vaping products would have the greatest impact on growth/development of yeast cells in both liquid and aerosol cultures.…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Autophagy is a process through which a cell recycles its components to generate energy. Studies show autophagy is involved in diabetic retinopathy, a diabetes complication where retinal cell…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The use of advanced analytics, when applied properly, can offer a greater understanding of its topic of study. For example, advanced analytics in healthcare data can be used to analyze patie…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus, (SARS-CoV-2) emerged, resulting in a global pandemic. Temperature monitoring is often conducted before entry into school/work to check for fe…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
We can find a better practice for reducing the rate of hospitalization from OTC acetaminophen consumption. First, we researched over-the-counter acetaminophen and its current overdose rate.…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
According to the CDC, approximately 3500 infants die annually in the United States from sleep-related infant deaths, such as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). My project aims to reduce th…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders, affecting over 10 million people worldwide. Medications for Parkinson’s are usually ineffective because patien…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of this project was to discover whether or not seaweed is able to protect skin cells from UV radiation. Thousands of people each day are diagnosed with skin cancer. The current s…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
The small ubiquitin related modifier, SUMO, is a protein that is conjugated to other proteins through an enzymatic cascade of E1, E2, and E3 enzymes. SUMO can also be removed from proteins t…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of my experiment is to find out which fabric used for masks is most useful in protecting against pathogens. The transmission of pathogens across a fabric was evaluated by measuri…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
How can the future be now? because we're already in the future, the future of stem cell therapy. This research targets the two retinal diseases retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular d…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Although mental illnesses account for 30% of all medical disabilities, the mechanisms behind these disorders are still very poorly understood. A significant spectrum within neurodevelopmenta…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
News reports of car injuries and sports concussions have shed light on a new "silent pandemic" for the current era: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). TBI induces a cascade pathway within neural…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
The American Cancer Society projects that over 135,000 Americans will die from lung cancer in 2020. It is recognized that the earlier lung cancer is detected, the higher the survival rate an…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is a cardiac disease affecting over three million Americans with a prevalence of 1% (above 6% in the elderly). AF is an irregular heartbeat that can lead to blood cl…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This study seeks to answer the question of the significance of Diabetes Mellitus and categorical obese BMI as risk factors for the development of dementia, particularly Alzheimer’s disease a…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer. Starting as polyps of abnormal growth in the epithelium, cancerous tissue can rapidly grow, invade surrounding tissue, reach the cardiovasc…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nano-sized particles involved in intercellular signaling thought to be secreted by all cells. Differences in surface glycosylation of EVs have been observed…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
The opioid crisis is a deeply rooted issue in our society today that must be addressed. 75% of people who began abusing opioids in the 2000s started with prescription drugs. To address this,…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an auto immune disease driven by auto antibodies that target insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas. Currently there are no prevention methods for T1D. However…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Prescription opioid addiction is a national health crisis. Today, patients or physicians do not have a way of diagnosing if a painkiller given for relief is causing addiction. Current approa…