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CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
This project studied how different salivary acidity levels similar to that of males (neutral) and females (acidic) affect tooth enamel by quantifying structural damage and recovery over time…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
GLP-1 drugs address diabetes-obesity crisis that claims 12 lives per minute from associated complications, yet their uncharacterized off-targets may pose long-term health risks. Current safe…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The skin, the body's largest organ, consists of three layers: the epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis, each with distinct roles. Skin hyperpigmentation disorders, such as Post-inflammatory hyp…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
AI-powered breast cancer diagnostics remain inaccessible in low-resource settings due to patient privacy constraints, high hardware costs, and bandwidth limitations. This project designed an…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Evolution has shaped primates to develop two key advanced traits in comparison with lower mammalian species: first higher intelligence with increased brain size and cortical complexity and s…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Sepsis, responsible for 11,000,000+ deaths globally and 270,000+ annually in the U.S., is very time-sensitive. Mortality increases by 7.6% per hour of delayed antibiotic treatment. Bedside t…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
On entend parler de cette fameuse pilule bleue, ce remède magique pour les hommes souffrant de dysfonction érectile, mais qu’en est-il des traitements pour les femmes souffrant de dysfonctio…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Breast cancer (BC) is the most expensive cancer to treat in the United States and a leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Nuclear enlargement is a well-established histopathol…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Gold Medal
My project is about building a wearable device that can detect signs of silent aspiration, a condition where food or liquid enters the airway without causing a cough. This is important becau…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Verbal communication is a fundamental aspect of our daily lives, yet millions of people struggle to speak clearly due to speech disorders. These speech disorders include Dysarthria, a speech…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
I created a wearable diagnostic device that helps people see how their knees are doing to prevent injury risk. Whether in sports or casual physical activity, our bodies experience a lot of s…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Purpose: Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) causes a central scotoma that destroys reading ability. Static edge-enhancement aids exist but lack dynamic adaptation. This study developed a…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Bronze Medal
The purpose of this research is to evaluate how much influence social visibility plays on decision-making among adolescents by isolating social cost perception as a variable. In the three ex…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Malaria is among the earliest documented infectious diseases in humans and remains a major global health challenge. In malaria-endemic regions, anemia substantially worsens outcomes, and sev…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Bronze Medal
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 27B (SCA27B) is a rare neurogenetic condition that mainly affects balance. The condition was only discovered in 2023, but is already proving to be a common cause…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Bronze Medal
StabiliT is a wearable that is designed to help improve movement stability for individuals who develop tremors as a side effect of neurological illnesses like Essential tremor and Parkinson'…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
This project explores how different hormonal fluctuations during the menstrual cycle affect glucose levels in a controlled experiment. The four phases in the menstrual cycle include menstrua…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, necessitating targeted therapeutic strategies. Curcumin, a natural compound, demonstrates anti-cancer…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Gold Medal
1 out of 4 patients die within 3 months of a bloodstream infection from Staphylococcus aureus (S.aureus) [1]. Currently, both first-line and even last-resort antibiotics are mainly ineffecti…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive motor neuron loss and limited therapeutic options due to its complex, multifactorial pa…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Endocrine therapy resistance affects ~40% of patients with estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer, limiting treatment efficacy and contributing to relapse. The Aryl Hydrocarbon Recep…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have differentiation and anti-inflammatory properties, making them effective treatments for diseases including diabetes and osteoarthritis that affect approxima…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Chemotherapy remains the foundation for cancer treatments but is limited by significant side effects resulting from its nonspecific cytotoxicity. In order to counteract this, delivery system…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
We have developed a low-cost prosthetic hand system that can be controlled using muscle signals from the arm. When a person tightens their muscles, small electrical signals are produced, and…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Over 200,000 children in the United States live with Juvenile Arthritis (JA), an autoimmune condition that causes chronic inflammation as well as muscle and tissue atrophy. The human GSTT1 (…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This study aimed to investigate the impact of Phoenix dactylifera (dates) on the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in Drosophila melanogaster. AD is a prevalent neurodegenerative disor…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Although hypothyroidism has been extensively studied for its effect on human health, its impact on skeletal development remains insufficiently explored. Thyroid hormones are regulators of bo…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This study investigated whether red light therapy increases the regeneration rate of planaria. 12 planaria were cut in half and randomly divided into two groups: a red light treatment group…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Many people think that antioxidants can slow aging and improve overall health, but scientists are not sure that they actually work. In this project, we tested how timing and dose of an antio…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
A goal of this experiment was to add to the limited studies on the connection between E.Coli and colon cancer, specifically, the E. Coli B 2 strain. This experiment used a harmless strain, E…