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ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
Paracetamol is a widely used drug due to its analgesic and antipyretic properties, however, intramolecular bonding that occurs between the drug’s chemical groups make it susceptible to a hea…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating neurological disease affecting the central nervous system and significantly impacting patients’ quality of life. The disease involves inflammation,…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
Neurodegenerative diseases are among the top five causes of death worldwide, with one major cause of these diseases being high levels of oxidative stress. Nano-antioxidants are emerging nano…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Aortic aneurysms have increased in the past two decades because of the aging population and the rise in the number of smokers. Aortic aneurysms affect about 2.9 million people and is the 13t…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
One may be surprised to learn that the same ingredient, luteolin, is in a huge scope of supplements. Luteolin is the primary ingredient in therapeutic, neuroprotective, anti-inflammatory, an…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
Dementia-related Cognitive Impairment (CI) is a neurodegenerative disorder, affecting over 55 million people worldwide and growing rapidly at the rate of one new case every three seconds. Th…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is responsible for 864,989 deaths annually, making it the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide. The leading upstream cause of cancer deaths is a lack of cli…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science Second Award
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…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
Multiple myeloma (MM), an incurable cancer of the plasma cells in the bone marrow, is the 2nd most common hematological malignancy. Melphalan is an alkylator chemotherapy and an effective tr…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science Third Award
PANDwriting is a novel screening system for neurodegenerative diseases (NDs), particularly targeted to increase Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Parkinson's Disease (PD) diagnostic access in low…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
Exosomes secreted by pediatric bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (pBMSC-Exos) demonstrate optimal characteristics for bone tissue engineering. MSC-Exos of alternate origin have expedited bo…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have become the #1 cause of death; three-quarters of these deaths occur in lower-income communities. Electrocardiography (ECG), an electrical measurement captu…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Despite testing negative for SARS-CoV-2, numerous patients began reporting a broad spectrum of acute post-recovery medical symptoms (Post Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC)), which they wer…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
PTSD is a neuropsychological disorder resulting from a traumatizing event. Given biases associated with self-assessment and diagnosis of PTSD, researchers are actively searching for unbiased…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on mental health due to the increased stress caused by the mental toll of events of the pandemic and isolation from necessary preventative measures s…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
In this research paper, the effect of age, gender, comorbidities and dexamethasone on the time until IgM and IgG antibodies appear in the bloodstreams of hospitalized patients, infected with…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
Bromelain is a potentially useful enzyme derived from pineapple plants that may protect cells from sun exposure. We tested whether bromelain sourced from pineapple waste could protect cells…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Millions of people in the USA alone suffer from celiac disease or gluten intolerance. In previous work, I identified three fruit-derived enzymes that when combined have an efficient effect i…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
Restricted arm force during activity is often required following bone disruption (iatrogenic or traumatic) to facilitate osteogenesis, but measuring patient force is challenging, especially…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
The results of this project could enable real-time targeted transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to become a clinical reality, improving outcomes for patients with depression, schizophren…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cardiovascular disease and cognitive impairment are among the biggest healthcare challenges facing the elderly. Integrity of the blood brain barrier (BBB) and lining of the blood vessels req…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
Existing drugs are being researched for novel repurposed usages to supplant the traditional, inefficient process of new drug discovery. Cephalexin is a cephalosporin antibiotic purported to…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Despite advancements in modern medicine, malaria continues to have high morbidity and mortality, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa where it is most prevalent. With an incidence of over 250…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Quaternary Ammonium Compounds (QAC) are antimicrobial agents that are used to eliminate bacteria and are found in products that advertise antimicrobial activity. During the ongoing pandemic,…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
TMEM-143 (Transmembrane protein 143) human gene is located in the Chr19q13.33 chromosomal region, which is known to be associated with the risk of type-2 diabetes and cancer. TMEM-143 gene i…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Coronavirus, an RNA virus that causes COVID-19, has spread widely around the globe. However, not only RNA-type viruses, but DNA-type also exist. An accurate and portable diagnostic technique…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Purpose: COVID-19 is a respiratory disease caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which emerged globally in early 2020. The rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 spi…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
Liver cysts characterize a multitude of illnesses ranging from liver cancer to autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). About 1 in 20 people have at least one liver cyst (Cnosse…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
COVID-19 is caused by an RNA virus called SARS-CoV-2. PCR testing is a gold-standard method for COVID-19 diagnostic testing. However, there exists no COVID-19 diagnostic test that has the ca…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Background: Substantial research suggests that therapeutic hypothermia could ameliorate the impact of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Our goals were: 1) Study the effects of concussion in a va…