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ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Most healthcare efforts focus on diagnosis, followed by treatment, and subsequently the post-treatment phase. However, only a limited subset of individuals who prioritize their health pay at…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Bronze Medal
Dental disease is one of the most underdiagnosed conditions worldwide. Apical periodontitis affects nearly half of adults, yet often remains asymptomatic until irreversible damage occurs. Ea…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Gold Medal
Many people struggle to take medications correctly, leading to missed doses and potential hospitalizations. Existing pill dispensers require someone to read each label, hand-load pills into…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Silver Medal
Dental cavities are widely considered the most prevalent chronic disease globally. For over a century, dental x-rays have been the standard for diagnosis. However, new technologies are emerg…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Silver Medal
Plaque is a widespread health problem leading to cavities, pain, gum disease, and eventual tooth loss. Many popular mouthwashes address this by using alcohol to nonselectively kill oral bact…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive and ultimately fatal neurodegenerative disorder affecting over 55 million people worldwide. Although early diagnosis is critical, up to 75% of dementia p…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Fibromyalgia is a chronic disorder characterized by widespread pain, fatigue, and cognitive impairments. Current treatments primarily target symptoms rather than underlying pathology. Growin…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Every year nearly half of cardiac rehab patients quit before finishing recovery. With a specific cardiac rehab program helping over 550 patients with heart disease and diabetes restrengthen…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Silver Medal
This study aims to improve cancer treatment by using patient-derived tumor organoids. Traditional two-dimensional cell models cannot fully represent the real tumor environment, so drug testi…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Carotenoids are lipid-soluble dietary pigments and vitamin A precursors that regulate gene transcription via RARA and RXRA nuclear receptors. Retinoid signaling controls differentiation, pro…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Bronze Medal
The H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), commonly known as Bird Flu, is an urgent threat to global health. This virus is a significant problem, infecting millions of birds and 42 d…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Bronze Medal
Sepsis is one of the deadliest conditions in modern medicine, an extremely fatal cascading immune response to infection that kills more people each year than heart attacks and strokes combin…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
The healing process for severe thermal skin burns is often impeded by inflammation in the wound site and apoptosis, or programmed cell death. Typical treatment for burn wounds revolves aroun…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
J’ai conçu une serviette hygiénique biodégradable capable de changer de couleur pour montrer si le niveau d’acidité d’un liquide est normal ou non. Cette idée est intéressante, car les servi…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common malignant brain cancer in adults, and patient survival still remains low. However, 83% of GBM cases have Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase promoter (TERT…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Grief is a strong feeling of sadness that happens when someone loses a person or something important. It affects kids and teens differently because their brains are still growing and learnin…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Silver Medal
Can vaping hurt you? My project studied the dangerous effects of vaping chemicals on zebrafish embryos. I investigated how both vaping liquids and their aerosols affected the survival rates…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infects 300 million people worldwide, causing 1.3 million annual deaths. Current treatments can suppress viral replication but fail to eliminate covalently closed cir…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
I developed a low-cost device to measure tremors, which are small, involuntary movements often seen in conditions like Parkinson’s disease. I was inspired to do this after seeing how difficu…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This project aims to explore the mechanisms the rabies virus uses to evade the immune system while traveling through the nervous system. We are motivated by the challenge of comprehending ho…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Silver Medal
I created RAISE (Recovery Analytics and Intensity Surveillance Engine) as an individualized early-warning system to prevent Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S), a condition where an…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Norovirus is the leading cause of gastroenteritis worldwide, causing over 685 million cases each year globally, yet rapid and sensitive detection tools remain limited. All diagnostic technol…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Peritoneal dialysis, one type of dialysis for patients with end-stage renal disease, can be complicated by peritonitis, a life-threatening inflammation of the peritoneum typically caused by…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
This project aims to improve the current triage system by using wearable technology to monitor vital signs such as heart rate, oxygen, blood pressure and temperature. By continuously collect…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths and is known to effectively colonize other parts of the body, often evading the immune system as it metastasizes or spreads. Pre-lim…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Dementia is a global health concern that affects approximately 57 million senior citizens worldwide. This condition presents as a variety of behavioral, cognitive, and physical symptoms that…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Dysregulated astrocytic Ca2+ signaling is a key driver of high-burden CNS disorders, including Alzheimer’s and stroke, yet existing neuromodulation strategies remain invasive and neuron-cent…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Retinal diseases are the major causes of permanent vision loss worldwide, affecting tens of millions of people and making early, accurate detection essential for timely intervention and pres…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Silver Medal
Mon projet est un bracelet vibrant qui donne un rythme pour parler et indique quand respirer aux personnes qui bégayent. Le bracelet est fabriqué en tissu extensible avec un moteur vibrant e…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Ultraviolet (UV) radiation can damage cells by harming DNA and reducing normal activity, especially in northern regions where sunlight reflects off snow and ice. This study explores birch ro…