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ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cancer cell migration is an important part of the growth of secondary tumors as they invade local tissue, thus finding safe interventions to cancer cell migration can be an important tool to…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Traditionally, in neurosurgery planning cortical language areas are identified by having individuals actively perform a language task while the magnetic resonance image (MRI) scan is acquire…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
??Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible and fatal form of dementia caused by the degeneration of neurons in the brain. This disorder is characterized by the aggregation of tau protein, the…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Over the last century, there has been an unparalleled focus on genomic techniques in cancer research which has resulted in a neglected understanding of cancer metabolics. Despite being disco…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cardiovascular diseases in minority populations are grossly misunderstood and studies show clear data exemplifying disparities in screenings. Studies largely focus on exhaustively researched…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Fucoidans are sulfated polysaccharides that provide structure in brown seaweeds. Medical research has found a substantial amount of evidence for the investigation into fucoidan as an antican…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science Second Award
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a physical disruption of brain tissue followed by a cascade of inflammatory responses. The responses result in a transient disruption of the blood-brain barri…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Myocarditis is a disease in which there is inflammation located within the muscle tissue of the heart, or myocardium. It is characterized by infiltration of mononuclear inflammatory cells in…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a disorder that affects brain development and can cause problems with social interaction and communication, is thought to be caused by both genetic and non-ge…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is not only a ruthless cancer but also the most common form of cancer diagnosed in adults. Despite currently available treatment strategies and emerging therapi…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Hypertension is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, affecting 1.3 billion people and attributing to 17.9 million deaths worldwide per year, making it the leading preventab…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Poor balance in the elderly has caused many falls, serious injuries, and deaths over the years. To reduce the incidence of falls, a systematic assessment was done on the elderly population i…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Emerging evidence demonstrates that COVID-19 can lead to myocarditis and may induce malignant arrhythmias associated with sudden cardiac death (SCD) during high intensity exercise. The objec…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
According to the United Nations, about 1 in 6 of the world’s population suffers from neurological conditions. Microglia within the brain, aggravated by amyloidosis, serve as reactive oxidati…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
MCT oil was used to ease the created addiction.The experimental setup involved three groups, a control, nicotine, and MCT + nicotine. Over a week, both nicotine groups were treated once a da…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science First Award
One-billion individuals, one in six, suffer from neurological disorders. Encephalomyelitis disseminata (MS) is primarily an immune-mediated disease of the central nervous system (CNS) where…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Antioxidants can be used to help prevent neurodegeneration and reduce reactive oxygen species (ROS) associated with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in a C.elegans model. The ROS can tr…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease believed to be caused by the abnormal breakdown of proteins creating toxic Aß plaques. Copper is naturally occurring in th…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Immune Checkpoint (ICP) system is recognized as a pathway to preventing the immune system from attacking cancer cells and thus allowing cancer cell survival. Several transcription factors ar…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science Third Award
Barrett’s esophagus is a precancerous condition in which the esophageal lining becomes inflamed after repeated exposure to acid reflux. Barrett’s esophagus can develop into esophageal cancer…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
In this experiment, researchers aimed to identify the effect of propylene glycol on the function of cilia in algae culture chlamydomonas reinhardtii in relation to the effect of vaping on hu…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Hypothesis: APC knockdown in ovarian cancer cells (APCKD cells) using CRISPR will result in decreased chemotherapy-induced apoptosis. Description of procedure: Protein was isolated from non-…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
One in twenty-four post-surgery patients in the USA will develop a surgical site infection due to antibiotic-resistant bacteria and decreased wound protection. This project entails the inven…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences First Award
Every forty seconds, suicide steals a life, yet no biomarkers exist for suicide. Suicide has largely been investigated from a psychological lens, and therefore the pathogenesis remains uncle…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Research depicts a lack of cost effective, efficient FDA approved medical tools for early diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Alzheimer’s Disease [AD] and onset dementia. R…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Epilepsy is a prevalent neurological disorder affecting 50 million individuals worldwide and 3.4 million Americans. There exist millions of pediatric patients with intractable epilepsy, a co…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
The coronavirus disease, caused by SARS-CoV-2, is arguably one of the greatest medical challenges of the past 100 years. Recent investigations have linked the nucleocapsid (N) protein of SAR…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
This research aims to study the effect of different concentrations of Borreria laevis (White Broomweed) tea on the solubility of calcium oxalate crystals. This herb is highly used on the isl…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Regularly, the human body breaks down most of the food one eats, turns it into sugar (glucose), and releases it into the bloodstream. When there is an excess of blood sugar, the pancreas rel…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
In the 21st century, the mean lifespan has risen to never-before-seen highs. As neurodegenerative diseases are more prevalent among elders, they have become a major threat to humankind, and…