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ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
Chemotherapy is currently a prominent medical intervention for cancer. However, studies have shown various nonspecific detrimental effects to healthy cells and tissues during treatment. In o…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) is a novel cancer treatment. Tomotherapy, a type of IMRT, is a patient specialized radiation treatment plan that is more precisely concentrated i…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of ear canal shape on the ability of sound transmission by providing data at a wide range of sound frequencies. The broad data generated…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
With just 7% survival rates, Pancreatic Cancer continues to be one of the most lethal cancers in the world. In this cancer, significant upregulation of the polyamine called spermine, in the…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
Less than 20% of patients’ Pancreatic Cancer (PC) is discovered before spreading to other organs, making it nearly impossible to surgically remove, and attributing to a 7% five-year survival…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Angiogenesis is the process of forming new blood vessels from pre-existing ones and is essential for many functions such as wound healing, embryonic development, and repair. However, angioge…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative bacterium affecting above 50% of the world’s population, with higher prevalence in the developing world. It causes numerous gastrointestinal diseases s…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Gram-negative bacteria are associated with hospital-acquired infections. The infection control literature has identified that hospital sink drains can be a potential source of these hospital…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of this project was to see what specific influence exosomes have on MDA-MB-231 triple negative breast cancer cell characteristics of proliferation, migration and invasion. Exosom…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Although the number of US vaping related deaths is rising, the cause of death remains unidentified. Knowing the long term effects of non-nicotine vape aerosol components, vegetable glycerin…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
The role of cannabidiol in a Caenorhabditis elegans epilepsy model was analyzed using adenosine and tumor necrosis factor alpha antagonists to further elucidate the protective effects of can…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Angiogenesis is responsible for the development of new blood vessels from previously existing vasculature. Anomalies of the growth and differentiation of these vessels result in vascular mal…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
Vaping is a process of inhaling and exhaling an aerosol using some type of vaping device. Vaping has become very popular among people, especially teens. Propylene glycol (PG) and vegetable g…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Accurate flu forecasts are needed to limit the spread of outbreaks. Current flu forecasts have not incorporated several environmental, demographic, and transport factors. This study looks at…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
Anemia is the most common blood disorder in the world, affecting more than 2 billion people. Iron deficiency anemia, in particular, affects more than 1 billion people across the globe with a…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
Over the past year, approximately 10,000 American teens have died due to a prescription stimulant overdose. A comprehensive, accurate, and easily integrable approach to detect a drug overdos…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
The hypothesis of the project was that machine learning can be used to identify disease patterns in medical imaging. Machine learning functions were used to identify patterns in chest X-rays…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
Thousands of people are affected by ovarian cancer each year. Usually, ovarian cancer is not detected in the early stages. Typically, the cancer is detected when a tumor is already formed. T…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Colon cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. Sea cucumbers are a potential source of medicinal compounds and have been consumed in traditional Chinese medicine. Thus, it was hypothesi…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
The purpose of this experiment is to identify the effects of different 2 Deoxy-D-glucose (2DG) concentrations on the proliferation of cancer cells. It was hypothesized that if a 2DG concentr…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Planarian, more specifically Brown planarian have an extremely high concentration of neoblast stem cells and causes the planarian to have some of the most reliable regeneration powers. This…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions, becoming a preventable leading cause of death worldwide. A multitude of approaches and animal models have been employed to investigate the pathophys…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Surgical fires pose a major threat in the operating room (OR) to patients, personal, and to facility. Surgical Drapes served fuel for 85% of fires and 81% of fires involve electrocautery, wi…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
A significant number of cases of Salmonellosis have been linked to the handling of the more than 50 million day old chicks sold annually from mail order hatcheries, suggesting the need for i…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Lupus Nephritis (LN) is an autoimmune disease that leads to chronic inflammation of the kidney and excessive proteinuria. Current methods of treatment involve management of symptoms and slow…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects about 1.7 million individuals annually. It is one of the leading causes of death and disability in the U.S. The Klotho gene, which plays an important rol…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer mortality in women, contributing to roughly 40,000 deaths annually. While breast cancer can pose a threat to any woman, those with dense b…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
Antibiotics are powerful medicines that fight certain infections and can save lives when used properly. However, with bacteria becoming more resistant to antibiotics, new methods to treat ba…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
Experimentation was conducted to determine the presence of metabolic deviations as a result of nucleosome-remodeling factor (NURF) knockdown in combination with chemotherapies. Due to large…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Anxiety is the most common mental disorder in the United States, affecting some 40 million adults each year. During anxiety attacks, neurons release excessive amounts of adrenaline, causing…