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ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science Third Award
This experiment was devoted to creating a mesenchymal stem cell therapy to repair the damage done by celiac disease, an autoimmune disease in which gluten produces an inflammatory response i…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cancer is an extremely variant and personalized disease that is characterized by the disruption of regular cell functions. These disruptions can be analyzed by examining regulatory network c…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease and affects memory and learning. Recent data suggest mitochondrial fragmentation in AD likely underlies impaired mitocho…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Cancer accounts for nearly 10 million deaths annually, and treatment relies on identifying tissue origin. Traditional diagnostics are time-consuming, with wait times up to 120 days from symp…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Diabetes, characterized by hyperglycemia, affects human fertility. The animal model Caenorhabditis elegans is used to research human diseases due to its molecular-level similarities and ethi…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science First Award
Three million people in the U.S. suffer from gluten intolerance/celiac disease (CD). In these patients, the digestive system cannot digest gluten proteins. My project aims to solve this issu…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
How has the intersection of nationalities and climate impacted the spread of Neglected Infectious Disease (NID) in Yunnan, China? By focusing on the prevalence of dengue viruses (DENV) and t…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Neuroendoscopy paired with external ventricular drainage consistently produces a higher positive patient prognosis in children with atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (T2N1M1) who developed an…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder contributing to 60–80 % of cases of dementia worldwide, with no effective treatment so far. Alongside the amyloid-beta…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Neurodegenerative disorder is a wide range of conditions that results from progressive function loss or death of the nerve cells in the nervous system. Many studies confirmed that toluene, a…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Glioblastoma(GBM) is the most common malignancy of the central nervous system in adults. Despite medical advancements, the continued shortfall of many treatments such as Temozolomide, alongs…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Detecting cancer in blood enables diagnostic before symptoms develop. I developed a diagnostic model based on an Ovarian Cancer Dataset for improved performance from a previous 4-microRNA mo…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Cervical cancer is the fourth leading cause of death for women in the United States. According to the CDC, since the COVID 19 pandemic, the pap-smear screening rates have declined by 80%. Th…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder and the leading cause of death in the US. There are currently no effective drugs for this disease due to lack of unders…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common malignant adult brain tumor. With minimal clinical innovation, the prognosis for GBM patients remains grim. However, there is a commonality between 83%…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Neurological disorders, such as Parkinson’s Disease and Alzheimer's Disease, have become more common in recent years, with the number of deaths due to neurological disorders increasing by ab…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Brain tumors are a significant and growing health concern in the United States, with an estimated 700,000 people living with a primary brain tumor. Misdiagnosis is a major issue with brain t…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
The current practice of treating cancer with radiation, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy is a one-size-fits-all approach in which patients with the same type and stage of cancer receive the s…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Brain strokes are a prominent, life-threatening condition that significantly afflicts the world population, with 15 million people suffering from a stroke annually. A large percentage of str…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
The global ageing population is rapidly and constantly growing, with 70% of the elderly suffering from Osteoarthritis (OA), a leading cause of disability and depression, robbing countless of…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Otitis media (OM) is the leading cause of hearing loss in children globally, affecting nearly a billion people per year. Impoverished areas typically lack trained ear specialists, which prev…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science Third Award
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome is the most common endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age. It has its existence in almost 1 in every 10 females. It is a hormonal disorder that affects the…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Glioblastoma is the most frequent and the most lethal primary malignant brain tumor. Treatment with temozolomide for the MGMT methylated subgroup may increase median survival time two folds.…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Chemotherapy resistance is a pressing issue in treating cancer, and despite decades of research, it is still incompletely understood. Cancer cells can be inherently resistant or develop resi…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
On July 23, 2022, the World Health Organization declared the global monkeypox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. It is diagnosed through Polymerase Chain Reaction t…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) is a chronic, progressive condition that limits the heart’s ability to pump adequate volumes of blood to the vital organs, accounting for 1 in 4 deaths in the…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Background: Chronic kidney disease is a progressive and irreversible loss of kidney function. Panama, according to CSS statistics, there are more than 2,200 patients for the year 2020 in dia…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Antimicrobial Peptide(AMP) MicrocinJ25 (MccJ25) is naturally secreted by E.coli & is efficient anti-bacterial. MccJ25 reduces intestinal inflammation & promotes healthy gut-bacteria. Unlike…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Congenital cataracts are present in 20,000-40,000 births each year and are among the leading causes of childhood blindness. Surgery is currently the only available treatment due to a poor un…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Chemotherapy is the primary form of treatment for the majority of cancer patients, using cytotoxic drugs to suppress tumor growth. However, cancer cells, by evolving through rapid generation…