Browse 63 real Biomedical and Health Sciences projects entered in 2003, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine which non prescription antacid lowers the acidity in a person's stomach the most potently. My hypothesis was that pepdo-Bismol b…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to find out through experiments if alcohol and tobacco had an affect on the heart of the crustacean Daphnia magna. The Daphnia magna heart is…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Methyl bromide, an ozone depleting pre-plant soil fumigant will be banned in the year 2005. An alternative is desperately needed. I chose to evaluate methyl iodide(chemical…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Hepatitis B is one of the major diseases inflicting the human population. Conventional treatment with interferon-alpha is very expensive and has many serious side effects. A…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals If I can create a measurable in vitro model that can aspirinize the platelets with varying amounts of aspirin, stimulate them with a coagulant, and measure the anti-coagulan…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find the effect of different solutions of auxin on three species of monocots and three species of dicots. Specifically, I will be observing seedlings. Me…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals I read a short article which discussed why the skin wrinkles in water. I wondered, would the skin on a finger "wrinkle" at the same rate in ocean water as it did in fresh wa…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to show that hair dye is damaging. The experiment was performed in order to demonstrate the weakening powers of dying one's hair. Methods/…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if caffeine effects the blood pressure of children. Methods/Materials Eight subjects ages 9-15 were used in the project. The blood pressure of…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The San Diego Bay's sediment and seawater are contaminated to levels that can be toxic to marine organisms. This study focuses on metal contamination and sublethal toxicity…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine the effects of a natural toxin derived from buckeye seeds on mosquito larvae. I live in Wonder Valley where mosquitoes are a…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to test the effect of caffeine on a Daphnia's heartrate, and to test how the type of lighting used to gather data affected the overall heartrate. Methods/Ma…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals To determine if top dressings made from leaves affect the germination of radish seeds. Methods/Materials A commercial top dressing, pine needles (Pinus halipensis), eucalypt…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to see if beta-carotene can prevent cancer in sunflowers. Methods/Materials I took six pots and filled them with potting soil. Then I planted…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to determine whether or not a garlic capsule will prevent or prolong cancer in tomato plants. Methods/Materials Broad-leafed plants are affect…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to investigate whether methanol treated plants could maintain a greater mass, than untreated plants when both are placed into a drought situa…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if Coca Cola with caffeine will change the heart rate and blood pressure of people within thirty minutes after being consumed. Methods/Material…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) can cure patients with hematological diseases who are not curable by other treatments. Non-myeloablative conditioning before all…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if caffeine could be used as a natural pesticide for crickets. Methods/Materials 90 live field crickets were separated evenly into nine disposabl…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if the product "Paclobutrazol" could be used to control the growth of landscape shrubs and therefore aid in the reduction of green waste. If th…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Having studied, for two years, mutant genes and characteristics that resulted from mutation, I have become curious about the causes of mutations. Various forms of radiation…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this study was to test the resistance of E.coli to Ampicillin through the process of transformation in the DNA. The hypothesis of this pharmacology experiment id…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine if caffeine could be a future larvicide. Therefore, one of my main goals was to find which concentration would kill majority of the population…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals I wanted to determine that higher concentrations of aluminum in leaves has a negative correlation to the consumption of those leaves. Methods/Materials I used an oven to dry…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Many animals, excepting mammals, can regenerate sensory auditory cells (hair cells). The objective of this project examined various concentrations of retinoic acid on the po…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The Objective of this experiment is to discover if the growth of fungus can be retarded following to exposure to various colors of light. Methods/Materials The medium, bread…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Since infants of diabetic mothers are five times as likely as the normal population to be born with a birth defect, this project aims to determine if glucose itself plays a…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals To discover if phosphates affect the growth of algae. Methods/Materials I grew algae in several jars containing water taken from a local lake each with a different concentra…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Hypothesis: I hypothesized that the lettuce plant given coconut milk will taste and grow better because of its high sugar content. Methods/Materials Materials: Coconut milk,…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Hypothesis: The cell structure of the spirogyra will start to deteriorate when the acid rain is at a pH level of 3.0. Methods/Materials Materials: 15cc of acid containing 90…