Toxicology
Objectives/Goals If two times the amount of carbon dioxide is added to the plants, then the height and biomass will increase. Methods/Materials Homemade carbon dioxide generators, plant cont…
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to find out how different amounts of nicotine would either increase or decrease the heart rate of Daphnia magna by exposing them to a 1%…
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to answer a question that has special significance this year in California. Fires, like the Sobranes, have swept the state, leaving behind bur…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Second Award
Introduction: Nasal breathing is the preferred method of respiration for a myriad of physiological reasons, one of which relates to Nitric Oxide (NO) production in the paranasal sinuses, bas…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Identifying remains is an essential practice needed to further investigations of missing persons, criminal activity, and forensic anthropology. Bones found in the field are subject to weathe…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure is a health hazard that causes several diseases including cancer, neurodegenerative disease, XP syndrome, cataracts of the eye, and sunburn. The ozone la…
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
Interactions between tumor cells and immune cells play critical roles in tumor initiation, progression, and metastasis. Indeed, tumor-derived supernatant contains suppressive factors contrib…
Translational Medical Science
Fourth Award
Using of addictive substances is one of humankind's oldest problems. They are considered an important disease of the brain. Substance abuse is not only the problem of health sciences, but al…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Fourth Award
Prescription of chemotherapeutic anti-folate drugs is the frontline treatment for breast cancer patients to induce folate-deficit cancer cytotoxicity. Alongside, folate supplements are used…
Translational Medical Science
The purpose of this study is to optimize conditions for antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) by natural killer (NK) cells to lyse multiple myeloma (MM) cells. The incidence o…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Gymnasts (floor tumblers) experience a high number of injuries due to the vertical impact force of landing. Landing forces can range from 3.9 to 14.4 times the gymnast's body weight (Panzer,…
Translational Medical Science
We survived 1322 fifteen to twenty-year-old students to learn how much they knew about their sleep and if they employed any sleep educing techniques. We found that 43,57% of students are uns…
Translational Medical Science
Third Award
Diabetic retinopathy (DR), the leading cause of blindness among working-age adults, is also leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide. Many patients, particularly in developing areas,…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Until the discovery of the CAL-1 cell line, blastic natural killer cell lymphoma (BNKCL), a highly fatal form of leukemia, was an insurmountable obstacle for oncologists. Even with CAL-1, cu…
Translational Medical Science
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and aggressive type of primary brain tumor. Patients with GBM have a median survival of 15 months. Current treatments for GBM are quite limit…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Fourth Award
According to WHO’s Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition nearly one third of children under 5 suffer irreversible damage to their physical and cognitive development due to severe…
Toxicology
Third Award
Objectives/Goals Bee pollination accounts for $15 billion in added crop value and 1/3 of the food consumed in the U.S. Yet for more than ten years, Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has been re…
Toxicology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of natural herbicides in killing pest plants. Methods/Materials Sprayed the labeled and sectioned off areas o…
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to uncover which neonicotinoid or brand of pesticide is most harmful to honeybees. If pesticides prove to be harmful to honeybees, this p…
Toxicology
Second Award
Objectives/Goals The main objective is to determine if Daphnia magna are exposed to LC50 levels of common toxicants found in our waterways, then are removed from those conditions, will they…
Translational Medical Science
Fourth Award
Early diagnosis is of unequivocal importance to survive debilitating multiple organ failure (MOF), the leading cause of death in the intensive care unit (ICU). However, current lab-based met…
Translational Medical Science
Fourth Award
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC), the most fatal subtype of lung cancer, has a five-year survival rate of 2%. Currently, patients must get expensive computerized tomography and positron emissio…
Toxicology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This, wonderful project may help recent environmental concerns associated with copper based boat hull paints. This years project continues our science experiment from 2015.…
Translational Medical Science
This project takes a novel approach to breast cancer metabolomics to reveal biomarkers with the potential to be used in a breast cancer diagnostic test. This test, unlike current methods, wi…
Translational Medical Science
With the increasing number of urbanized people working with shifts and dealing with heavy stresses, the effects of sleep-related problems are greatly amplified. Our project aims to use cheap…
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose for this project is to see which test subjects, Watered Oyster Mushrooms, or Unwatered Oyster Mushrooms, will kill or fend Varroa mites the most, without killing…
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…
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…
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…
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…