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ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Scleroderma-related interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) and lung carcinoma are forms of fibrotic-originating lung dise…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences
There are currently over 103,000 people on the national transplant waiting list. The kidney has the longest waiting list. Once patients are approved for this treatment there are still many r…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Annually, 4.8 million people enter a post-anoxic coma following cardiac arrest, presenting a critical need for early recovery prognosis using Electroencephalogram (EEG) and Electrocardiogram…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death among all traumatic injuries. While there are some treatments, such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), most cause de…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science
HPV driven oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) linked cancers kill upwards of 40,000 people each year. In order for early detection and treatment to be administered, the NavDx bloo…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Background Obesity is generally modeled as a problem associated with socioeconomic (income, education, etc.) and genetic (age, race, etc.) factors. This study shows that, after controlling f…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences
As Nicotine products are considered less risky than tobacco products, many disregard the negative effects of Nicotine and satisfy themselves with the thought that it won’t harm them. However…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science
Ataxia Telangiectasia (A-T) is a rare (one in ~100,000) autosomal recessive neurogenetic disorder, primarily characterized by cerebellar atrophy and progressive severe motor coordination los…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
A novel, targeted, therapeutic oral delivery system was designed as a blood-thinning treatment to prevent ischemic stroke, caused by blood clots. Dabigatran (Db), is an anticoagulant medicat…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Kawasaki Disease (KD) is a febrile illness predominantly affecting children under five years old and is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in developed countries. If KD…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Current radiotherapy treatment for abdominal and pelvic cancers typically results in some form of acute gastrointestinal (GI) toxicity in patients. X-ray irradiation to deep-seated abdominal…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Twenty-five percent of Americans follow a gluten-free diet (Reed, 2020). In the food industry it is important to create products that are both palatable and digestible for these gluten-free…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science Second Award
Studies on astronauts in space show that microgravity disrupts the delicate balance of processes required for wound healing, slowing it down or even stopping it completely in space. This pre…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Chronic autoimmune diseases threatening human health have widely spread, yet modern-day pharmaceuticals remain of animal origin and cause the body to develop drug resistance or experience ad…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
Purpose of this investigation is to develop a new safe and effective therapy for stroke. Nearly a quarter of global deaths each year are caused by blood clotting. High cholesterol and platel…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science
Antibiotic resistance poses a global threat, leading to millions of infections annually and thousands of deaths and the chance of the world entering a post-antibiotic era where common infect…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science
Each year, nearly 2 million individuals in the United States alone receive a cancer diagnosis. Traditional methods for tracking tumor growth are inaccurate and invasive as MRI scans and biop…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences
PTPMT1 is a gene that codes for a mitochondrial phosphatase essential for mitochondrial function, making it crucial for the development of organisms. Several studies have shown a strong link…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
Gout is the most prevalent inflammatory joint disease, affecting 2-4% of the global population. It causes disability, reduced quality of life, and increased mortality as well as tens of bill…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science Third Award
The MERS-CoV is a critical public health concern due to its infectious nature, severe symptoms and high fatality rate, with 36% of MERS-CoV cases resulting in death. This highlights the urge…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science
Every year, more people in the U.S are diagnosed with skin cancer than all other cancers combined. Early detection of these cancers can tremendously increase the 5-year survival rate. Curren…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science Third Award
Tauopathies are neurodegenerative disorders characterized by the deposition of abnormal tau in the brain. There are over 20 tauopathies that collectively affect millions of people around the…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science
Pancreatic cancer shows the highest mortality rate and, to date, no early detection devices are available. However, early detection could improve the survival rate. This study is conducted t…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a heterogeneous malignancy characterized by the uncontrolled growth of abnormal B-cells in the lymphatic system. The activated B cell (ABC) subtype p…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cataracts, the decomposition of crystallins found in the lens of the eye, are increasingly common among today's population of aging and diabetic patients. Photosensitive medications can incr…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
High-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) remains the fifth leading cause of cancer death among women. It has recently been demonstrated that stimulator-of-interferon genes (STING) is highly…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Population aging increases the occurrence of chronic heart disease characterized by decrease of cardiomyocyte number and their contractility. The absence of natural heart self-repair mechani…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Our body has many ways to defend itself against foreign pathogens with the first defense being our innate immune system. Among the many different substances that can improve our immune syste…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Excessive placental secretion of neurokinin B (NKB) is implicated in pre-eclampsia, a disorder associated with maternal health complications. Hormone antagonists are substances that regulate…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science
The objective of this research project is to present the development of prototupes of a herbal tincture and its respective healing ointment, created from the rich compounds mentioned in the…