Biomedical and Health Sciences
First Award
Background: Distinctive roles for T-lymphocyte:Bacteroides fragilis cross-talk occurs in dampening peanut allergic responses. Butyrate is key to B.fragilis regulation of immune homeostasis.…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
For years, track coaches have insisted that runners put their hands on their head because this was the recognized best recovery position. Recent studies done by Western Washington University…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
In this study, we investigated the biological activities of brown pine needles of pine tree for the chronic inflammatory skin disorder such as acne and atopic dermatitis. The Minimum Inhibit…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Second Award
Chronic sleep deprivation (CSD), a result of consistent sleep loss, is a global concern in more than half of adults worldwide. Research has shown that people with CSD are more susceptible to…
Translational Medical Science
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Currently, HCC is diagnosed through blood tests, invasive liver biopsies, and costly imaging tests; and…
Translational Medical Science
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that destroys memory and thinking. This study focused on two critical gaps in AD research: novel treatment identification and early di…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. After the cancer diagnosis, the oncologist will stage cancer and devise an effective treatment plan. Novel methods to predict the severity is a…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly aggressive and rapidly growing brain cancer that affects the central nervous system and typically leads to death within 15 months of diagnosis. It i…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Over 1.2 billion people suffer from constipation each year and in the US alone $725 million are spent on laxatives per year. The most commonly used treatments are stool softeners, osmotic, a…
Translational Medical Science
Patients with delirium suffer severe confusion, paranoia, hallucinations, and struggle to understand or pay attention to what is happening. The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the already sev…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and insulin resistance have been known for years to be correlated statistically. However, no one has been able to confirm which one causes the other. In an a…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Third Award
Neuroblastoma is one of the most common malignant pediatric tumors, accounting for 10% of all childhood cancer deaths. However, current treatment methods often involve chemotherapeutic agent…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Second Award
The anti-estrogen tamoxifen is a highly effective hormonal therapy for hormonal (HR+) breast cancer patients. However, the estrogen receptor-negative, progesterone receptor–positive (ER-/PR+…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Currently, growing interest has emerged on the beneficial effects of plant-based diets for the prevention of chronic diseases. Studies have shown that polyphenol compounds possess preventive…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Fourth Award
This study used deep learning neural networks to investigate the most important clinical variables that could be used to determine escalated care early on in COVID-19 patients. Hospitalized…
Translational Medical Science
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S., with about 1 in 8 women developing invasive breast cancer in her lifetime. Drug repurposing, an underused treatment, is crucial for…
Translational Medical Science
Lung cancer is responsible for the highest number of cancer-related deaths worldwide, and lung adenocarcinoma is its most common subtype. This study used statistical analysis to determine th…
Translational Medical Science
The opioid crisis has taken a huge toll on our country. Noting that in 2018, nearly 22% of opioid related deaths in the U.S. were due to prescription painkiller overdose, this research aims…
Translational Medical Science
Over 70 countries approve the consumption of artificial sweeteners (Ogungbemi et al., 2019). People, including pregnant women, consume them to substitute sugar in drinks such as diet soda (P…
Translational Medical Science
Fourth Award
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, a child with birth defects is born approximately every 4.5 minutes. The currently accepted method to determine the potential of ne…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Inherited retinal diseases may cause retinal degeneration which can lead to blindness. There are about 250 different genes associated with inherited retinal diseases resulting in many differ…
Translational Medical Science
Statistical reports have shown that 627,000 women worldwide died from breast cancer in 2018. There are many useful drugs available today. However, the obstacles in cancer chemotherapy are th…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
PURPOSE: The aim of our research was to evaluate the effects of ethanol and some amino acids mixture on alloxan-induced diabetic rats, to study their behavior changes and to investigate bloo…
Translational Medical Science
Fourth Award
Over 2 million Americans suffer from aphasia, a condition that affects stroke victim’s ability to communicate. Aphasia has no medical cure, but it can be improved through extensive speech-la…
Translational Medical Science
Third Award
With rapidly increasing COVID-19 cases, patients with mild and moderate symptoms are being asked to home-isolate themselves to save hospital resources for more severe patients. Such patients…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The American diet, rich in carbohydrates, has been implicated in the rise of metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome includes various conditions that increase a person’s risk for cardiovascul…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Fourth Award
Gliomas make up nearly a third of all brain tumors and are extremely aggressive in later stages, with only a 5% five-year survival rate. Each year, approximately 20,000 people are diagnosed…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Isolated liver and lung metastases in colorectal carcinoma are both stage IVA. However, not all stage IV tumors are the same. The lungs act as a waypoint for further metastatic spread, sugge…
Translational Medical Science
Aberrant Nuclear Factor-kappa B (NF-?B) activation is observed in autoimmune, inflammatory, and malignant disorders. Current therapeutics targeting NF-?B inhibit upstream NF-?B activators, a…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Scoliosis is a common spinal deformity exhibiting high prevalence rates amongst athletes, specifically competitive swimmers. Generally, individuals diagnosed with scoliosis exhibit possible…