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ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The brain blood barrier is the nervous systems first line of defense against pathogens and foreign molecules and macromolecules created by the body, it's a the highly selective semipermeable…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The aim of this experiment was to expand upon the relationship established in previous studies between insulin-like signaling regulated autophagy in chemosensory neurons and lipid metabolism…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Nearly 60% of anticancer treatments are derived from naturally existing molecules. If total protein from the sponge Spirastrella cunctatrix is purified, kept in native conformation, and adde…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Interactions between NOD2 and TLR4 bacterial receptors play an important role in the maintenance of intestinal homeostasis. Dysregulation of the NOD2 inhibition of TLR4 has been highly assoc…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Melanoma is the most aggressive type of skin cancer. It is estimated that 7703 people will have melanoma and 2463 will die because of it in 2020 in Brazil. One of possible treatments for it…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the head and neck is the 6th most common cancer worldwide. There are 60,000 new cases and 10,000 deaths a year within the U.S. It is caused mainly by smoking…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Hypothesis: CT scans are used to determine extent of traumatic brain injury (TBI), but are costly and have radiation exposure. Recently, the FDA approved the use of serum biomarkers in TBI,…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science Second Award
Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) according to World Health Organization (WHO) is an imbalance between supply and demand of protein and energy to ensure optimal growth, functioning of the bo…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Acute myocardial infarction, otherwise known as a heart attack, is a major cause of death in the United States. Cardiac troponins, which are structural proteins unique to the heart, are sens…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Liquid biopsy is a powerful tool to provide cancer genetics via detection of biomarkers like circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in blood to reduce cancer death through precision medicine and has…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This investigation aims to provide a potential application to treat blocked nasal air passage observed in chronic sinusitis, which causes significant health risks especially for children inc…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science Third Award
Fungal multi-resistance refers to the capacity of fungi to multiply even with antimicrobials. The project’s objective was to identify natural substances to be used as treatment against infec…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
In Kenya, drought conditions that are expected to persist into 2018 have left 3.4 million people severely food insecure and an estimated 500,000 people without access to water. An estimated…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Alzheimer’s is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by Tau protein aggregation and amyloid beta plaque presence on neurons. Past Alzheimer’s research failed to find definitive links bet…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that causes progressively decreased memory functions. Nearly 44 million people have AD worldwide. Moreover, AD cannot be prevented, c…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Cancer is one of the most important problems for public health. This project tries to explore a new way to reduce its danger: VANGUARD is a multidisciplinary platform for the generation of u…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) causes the most cancer related deaths worldwide, and accounts for more deaths than the next three leading cancers combined (Key Statistics, 2017). At any s…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of this project is to test the effect of natural compounds extracted from seaweed and grains, in decreasing lung cancer cells viability. Lewis Lung Carcinoma cells were cultured…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This study focused on a targeted cancer treatment through the use of Polybia-MP1 (MP1), a peptide found in the venom of Polybia paulista. MP1 selectively attaches to phosphatidylserine (PS)…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of my experiment is to see what conditions Planarians regenerate best under since their genes are being used to try to find ways to regenerate human organs. My hypothesis was tha…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
High cytoplasmic calcium (Ca2+) concentrations are toxic to cells. To control Ca2+ concentrations, eukaryotic cells have complex mechanisms for sequestering Ca2+ in the endoplasmic reticulum…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
For diabetes sufferers, a simple wound can lead to serious diabetic ulcers which may result in amputation. Most commercial dressings can only address the basic needs for diabetes and usually…