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ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
Diabetes is a prevalent, dangerous, and sometimes even fatal, disease that causes multiple afflictions, including increased hunger, thirst, unexplained weight loss, and fatigue. Diabetics cu…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
To most-effectively combat the progression of colorectal cancer, the second leading cause of cancer death, chemoprevention is utilized. Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) have ch…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Commonly consumed and sought after artificial sweeteners may have more detriments than benefits when it comes to weight control. Most people receive at least 15% of their total food intake f…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science Second Award
Genetic mutations in patients with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) cause the NT5C2 enzyme to act as if it has been allosterically activated, allowing purine nucleoside substrat…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The traditional preparation of toishabui(chokecherry) was to grind the fruit with the seed and make it into a raw mixture. In the nontraditional preparation the berry is boiled, juiced, and…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
Peptic ulcer is one of the world's major gastrointestinal disorders and affecting 10% of the world population. The drugs available in the market are often associated with side effects. Thus,…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
1 in 68 individuals is diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Currently, autism diagnosis is based solely on behavioral assessment; no objective, medically-based biomarkers have been id…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
According to World Cancer Research Fund, breast cancer is the second deadliest malignancy in women worldwide. During the last decades, nanoparticles have received much attention due to their…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Mouse models serve as a readily available base for experimentation in neurodegenerative drug development. However, less than 10% of drugs that have shown success in mouse-based preclinical t…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
a) Purpose of the experiment: The purpose of the experiment is to investigate the ability of vitamin E delta-tocotrienol (VEDT) to inhibit human pancreatic cancer stem cell growth and metast…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Ultraviolet radiation from the sun can be damaging to the skin, eyes, and immune system and is carcinogenic to humans. Despite heightened skin cancer awareness in recent years, the incidence…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
The purpose of this study was to determine the comparability of two lipopolysaccharides, from Escherichia coli serotypes O55:B5 and O111:B4, in their ability to stimulate the activation of R…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science Third Award
Background: Sleep is believed to play a role in the clearance of potentially harmful substances that accumulate in the brain during wakefulness. One such harmful substance is beta-amyloid, a…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Alterations in the expression of microRNAs have been noted in many cancers and diseases. However, microRNAs were just recently discovered in 1993. Since then there has been a crucial need to…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Breast cancer (BC) is the second leading cause of cancer death for women. BC lethality is mainly caused by metastasis. Identification of factors controlling BC metastasis is crucial for deve…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
The tau protein is a microtubule associated protein that’s maintained mainly through phosphorylation. Phosphorylation is upheld through two enzymes; kinases and phosphatases. There can be an…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Alzheimer’s is a disease that affects the memory of elderly individuals and dementia is a disorder that also alters the memory causing individuals to be forgetful. Music therapy is a form of…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Type 1 Diabetes is a serious disease and characterized by the lack of the hormone, insulin, in the bloodstream, which causes the glucose concentration level to become instable. Insulin is a…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Neurodegenerative diseases and central nervous system (CNS) injuries are characterized by cerebral atrophy and neuronal circuitry abnormalities. Neural stem cell (NSC) transplantation is of…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Changes in chromatin state have been linked to developmental defects and diseases such as cancer. Thus it is important to understand how chromatin states are established and maintained. Modi…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The goal of this research project was to assess the effectiveness of virtual psychotherapy treatments and to develop an intuitive self-help software application for treating obsessive-compul…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
In this experiment, changes in percent transmission resulting from changes in temperature were studied in reflectin. Reflectin, a protein found in the Hawaiian Bobtail Squid, has the ability…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical and Health Sciences
A concern with violent video game play is that they may increase aggression. I used alternating bilateral sound stimulation (ABSS) to try and decrease ANS arousal, aggression, negative affec…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The marketing field has shifted towards using different technologies that allow for higher levels of customer interaction and satisfaction. The Quick Response Code (QR Code) is a modern mark…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Hypothesis: Post-event suggestion will create a higher rate of false memories than bias. Methods: 185 subjects were randomly assigned to 2 groups, either bias or suggestibility. The bias gro…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of the experiment was to investigate and describe average stress levels, most common causes and effects of stress, trends in stress over time, and methods of stress management do…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Allicin is a component in garlic that forms when garlic is chopped. Research has shown that allicin is capable of killing several types of cancer cells, but the mechanism remains unclear. To…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are considered a promising cell source for regenerative medicine because of their ability to differentiate into many cell types and because of their unlimited pro…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical and Health Sciences
As the U.S. is falling behind in STEM education and struggling with the achievement gap, there have been many practical obstacles concerning teachers and existing multimedia tools in impleme…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Introduction: As the aging ASD cohort becomes larger, there continues to be a paucity of research to assess their needs. This study is the beginning of one of the first longitudinal cognitiv…