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ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
Up to date, one of the key features of nanotechnology is its wide range of applicability across multiple biological scenarios ranging from gene therapy to immune system modulation due to the…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
Current cancer treatments involve chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and radiation, among others. However, these are non-specific, resulting in serious side effects. SAS1B, a recently discovered m…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a multi-faceted injury and is considered one of the leading causes of death and disability in soldiers and civilians. During injury, a surge in reactive oxyge…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
The purpose is to determine if volatile organic compounds (from flexible vinyl flooring) play a role in the creation of aberrations in cellular function, growth and morphology that might be…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
Purpose: The aim is to develop blood tests to help identify women at high risk for Preeclampsia(PE) and confirm the suspected symptoms early in pregnancy. PE is characterized by the new onse…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This year, an estimated 19,950 people in the United States will be diagnosed with AML, the second most common leukemia. A protein called BCL2 inhibits apoptosis (programmed cell death) among…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Based on the curiosity generated by students experiences in the city of Young regarding obesity; The initiative to carry out an investigation emerged. The purpose of this project is to test…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This project aimed to find out whether chia seeds deserve being called a “super food”. First, we examined if the human digestive system was able to extract from the chia seeds the most benef…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), a grade IV astrocytoma, has an elevated level of hTERT. Ad-TERT, a promising oncolytic adenovirus type 5 variant where E1A regulating components have been repl…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
My school, Cascades Academy, has a sister school in Peru named Casa Chapi. The students at this school struggle with anemia, which is not surprising considering that the World Health Organiz…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Musculoskeletal disorders include diverse complications but all suffer from the physiological orthopedic domino effect, namely bone mineral density (BMD) alterations. For instance, increased…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Aminoglycosides are antibiotics that are often used to treat patients suffering from severe bacterial infections yet they induce irreversible hearing loss. The mechanisms by which these drug…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) became associated with the autoimmune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in 1989. Even after years of research there´s still no cure nor preventative treatment…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Electronic cigarettes are battery operated devices using nicotine and liquids to produce vapor. They are comprised of three parts: a cartridge, a heating device, and a power source. The cart…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The objective of this study was to re-measure the effect of maximum safe dosages of multi-vitamins and minerals (MVM) on biochemical markers alterations that occurred during Alzheimer's in a…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
Renal fibrosis, featured by excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM), is a detrimental path of chronic kidney disease while lacking an effective treatment for 0.5 billion adults…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Lung cancer claims 150,000 Americans yearly, yet only 15.7% are diagnosed pre-metastasis. Current computer diagnostics focus on Bayesian networks using rule-based prediction. In this project…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria parasite is transmitted between people by the female Anopheles mosquito, which feeds on an infected human’s blood, taking up the sexual gametocyte stag…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Long-term exposure to blue light from smartphones and LEDs may lead to eye diseases like macular degeneration. However, the possible mechanism of how blue light- induced generation of reacti…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The topic addressed in our research refers to livestock production for food which is the main activity of our region. It is true that food is produced, but in the process the environment is…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
The drug Rapamycin (Rapa) delays age-related diseases, increase lifespan, and inhibits the mechanistic target of Rapamycin, a kinase that prevents the clearance of Aß. However, the applicati…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This project looked at the effects of amino acid supplementation on cancer growth. I grew cancer cells with varying percentages of amino acids Tryptophan and Methionine and observed cell gro…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science Second Award
150 million UTIs occur annually, amounting to over $6 billion in expenditures. Of these, over 80% are associated with the use of urinary catheters. Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteria are on…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
The project “Repelling What Bugs You” is an extension of a project started in 2015. In that project, an all natural and antiseptic mosquito repellent base was composed by researching and tes…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The Zika Virus is a disease that has no cure. To date, approximately 100,000 Zika cases have been reported in Brazil in the current epidemic. The disease has been linked to serious neurologi…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Title: Reversing high glucose levels through a novel approach: C.elegans as a model for treating diabetes Purpose: To determine which method will best “treat” or reverse the effects of the h…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Urinary tract infections are one of the most common pediatric infections; however, the national guidelines from the AAP lack indications for treating infants ages 0-60 days. 441 urine cultur…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death in females worldwide and shows a 28% increase amongst Saudi females in current statistics. Despite many treatment options, severe relapse s…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
The leaves of Clinacanthus nutans (Sabah Snake Grass) have long been used traditionally in Asia for treatment of skin rashes and snake bites. Staphylococcus aureus affects one in three peopl…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
With more than 380 million people currently affected, diabetes has become a worldwide pandemic. About 30-40% of diabetics develop nephropathy and renal failure and will require dialysis or k…