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ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of this research was to determine how the brewing temperature affected the antioxidant levels of sagebrush tea . As an American Indian, sagebrush is important in my culture for a…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Stress is a growing issue in society, and results in the excretion of the stress hormone, cortisol. Cannabidiol (CBD) is anecdotally suggested to reduce stress; yet very little scientific re…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Nutrition has been demonstrated to have a number of effects on development and overall health. As such, we sought to investigate the effects of the consumption of several nutritional supplem…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Antibiotic resistance is one of the world’s most urgent public health problems. Every year in the US, around 2.5 million people get an antibiotic resistance infection, while 35000 people end…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Causal relationships have been established between blood-brain barrier (BBB) & inner blood-retina barrier (iBRB) dysfunction and many age-related CNS disorders. However, mechanisms governing…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Women are more prone to disorders such as PTSD and depression. Yet, most preclinical psychopathological research solely uses male subjects, and there is a paucity of sex-specific studies. Th…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
As the percentage of brain tumor that is resected increases, a patient’s life expectancy drastically increases. Thus, neurosurgeons need to be able to differentiate between healthy brain tis…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
One of the main problems for human beings’ health is Chronic Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs), which causes progressive and multifactorial health deterioration, being responsible for about 7…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Ulcerative Colitis (UC) is a disease hallmarked by continuous inflammation along the gastrointestinal tract, which is largely the consequence of autoimmunity. Its prevalence continues to spr…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Prebiotic are non-digestible polysaccharides, one of potent functional food, which can specifically enhance growth of beneficial bacteria in the host gastrointestinal systems. There are seve…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a significant debate about the correct and most efficient type of face-covering to wear, and research on this topic could save hundreds if not thousands of l…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
During this unforeseen pandemic, face masks have become a key part of our daily lives, with the majority of the population having to wear them for at least 8 hours daily. There are various t…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
In Nigerian folk medicine, there are claims that the F. exasperata has antidiabetic and hypotensive effects. The orthodox drugs currently used in the management of these diseases are expensi…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Purpose. The worldwide prevalence of Celiac Disease has been studied over the years and a remarkable increase has been observed in many regions of the world. The average figure of the world…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Many infectious and autoimmune diseases are difficult to diagnose properly, and the current diagnostic tests for these diseases are either pathogen/antibody specific, or have a slow turnarou…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if hydrocodone affected a daphnia's heart rate and/or heart rhythm, and if these effects were amplified with ethanol. The independent variable…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
The purpose of this experiment was to see how effective masks different masks are. I also wanted to see how effective they were to slow the spread of bacteria from a person's breath. Gather…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if music affects muscle contractions when performing physical activities. Our hypothesis was that there would be a difference in muscle contra…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Multi-organ complications have been the hallmark of severe COVID-19; cardiac injuries have been reported in 20% to 30% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients though the etiology remains poorly un…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Elevated homocysteine (Hcy), i.e. hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy), is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Accumulation of amyloid beta (Aß) aggregates is a major hallmark of AD. One of t…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The overall prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus is rapidly increasing as a result of an ageing population, urbanization and lifestyle changes. Generally, drugs with different chemical structures…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Neuroblastoma has remained as the most severe cancer amongst young children (0-1 y/o). The current treatments for this disease include chemotherapy and radiation therapy, both of which have…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science Second Award
Atrophic macular degeneration (AMD) affects 200 million people worldwide. There is no FDA-approved therapy for this disease, the leading cause of irreversible blindness among people over 50.…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
A predictive gene biomarker helps determine which patients are most likely to benefit from a specific treatment option. The probability of survival from a treatment can greatly depend on if…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA) are distinct joint diseases presenting unique pathophysiologies. Because of the similar symptoms that RA and OA present, such as arthralgia,…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
The tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) of breast cancer is a known source of tumor heterogeneity and it has been increasingly recognized as having a role in the course of disease. In the p…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Aging is a major contributor towards many diseases. Two examples of these diseases would be Cancer and Alzheimer’s disease, two leading causes of death within America. Aging is a synergy and…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has profound advantages in diagnosis and detection in the medical field. MRI is considered non-invasive diagnostic technique and does not use ionized radiati…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science Third Award
Parkinson’s Disease (PD), the second most common neurodegenerative disease, is caused by the depletion of dopamine as a result of toxic aggregates formed by a protein called alpha-synuclein…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
Cancer immunotherapy has led to vast improvements in long-term survival for patients with cancers like melanoma. However, the low response rate of immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy li…