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ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The Purpose of the Experiment The project targets the visually impaired and blind. It aims to develop their skills of learning and psychological adaptation using internal energy through focu…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
Evidence suggests a small population of tumor-initiating cells, or cancer stem cells, drive tumor heterogeneity which is postulated to account for tumor growth and resistance to chemotherapy…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Macular degeneration (AMD) causes central vision loss. With no known cure, AMD patients are forced to use their peripheral vision. Peripheral reading is slow and frustrating. Last year’s res…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
About 90 percent of humans are right handed. Left-handedness has previously been linked with dyslexia (Geschwind and Behan). However, the connection between handedness and dyslexia has only…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
This research determined methods for both cell lysis and cell stasis based on simple methods in metabolic engineering. These methods could be useful to maximize the amount of product produce…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
There are over 76 million people with alcohol-related disorders in the world, and the economic cost of alcohol addiction in the U.S. alone is over $224 billion annually. Animal models are cr…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
Flap Endonuclease-1 (FEN1) is a key protein involved in propagation and maintenance of the integrity of DNA. FEN1 mutations or abnormal expression has been linked to diseases in human and an…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is one of the most studied and challenging diseases, which is characterized by high and rapid replication. HIV treatments are targeted to lower the viral r…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose in this project is to interpret the way our minds warp as we become older and more mature. Children are more often said to have bigger imaginations than adults. Through the follo…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This project is an analytical experiment on the effects of a coupled therapy involving mental exercise and brainwave therapy. Hypothesis: subjects will have improved scores on cognitive test…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Media multitasking is increasingly prevalent in our society, especially among the young. Processing multiple streams of information simultaneously, however, is cognitively challenging, there…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
Correct function of mitochondria is essential for many cellular processes. In animal cells, imbalance between the amounts of proteins encoded by the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and nuclear DNA…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
Do chemical adjuvants inhibit murine lymphomas (like 2C3) and mammary carcinomas (like 4T1)? Cancer therapy currently involves surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. Surgery does not ensure c…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This experiment was preformed to find a possible correlation between the symptoms experienced after a concussion, and the age that a person was at the time the concussion occurred. It was hy…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Clinical studies that relate different cancers to various carcinogens can be quite costly, and may last anywhere from a couple of years to a few decades. This project is twofold, in that fir…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
In a process called Atherosclerosis, plaque builds up within the walls of arteries, and they limit blood supply, disturb oxygen flow, and ultimately lead to other cardiovascular diseases. To…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cognitive impairment can be induced by conditions ranging from PTSD to the early onset of dementia (a symptom of Alzheimer’s). However, there is currently no way to inexpensively, non-invasi…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
The treatment of many injuries and diseases requires engineered tissues. However, there is a severe lack of specific cells for tissue engineering. Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are a promising…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Learning is crucial to the adaptability of a species and is a behavior influenced by both innate and experiential factors. The learning of key behaviors like language is marked by critical p…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science First Award
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a significant global health problem that affects over 31 million Americans. Kidney transplantation is an effective treatment for CKD, but is limited by donor…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of this study is to examine the neurophysiology of place cells by studying the place cell firing patterns created when only visual cues are utilized in an environment. Based on p…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Do left hand or right hand dominant people have more control of their non-dominant hand? If left handed people are forced to engage in right handed activities, then they will be more likely…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
This research establishes Drosophila oogenesis as a new system for the study of in vivo nuclear actin rod biology. The study examines the differences in length and frequency of the nuclear a…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
The increase of elderly people in society forces a smaller workforce to support a large dependent population. Cellular senescence may be one of the underlying causes of human aging. Curcumin…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science Third Award
The notion that antioxidants can help fight cancer is popular. However, the mechanism(s) for the effect of antioxidants in cancer is unclear. The goal of this project is to study the effect…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
Urolithin-A is a metabolite synthesized by the gut microbiota from compounds of fruits such as pomegranates and raspberries. Its therapeutic effects have been documented in prostate cancer a…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The effects of collaboration on accuracy, retention, and productivity were measured through this project to determine if a factor such as collaboration can have a positive impact on overall…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of this paper is to determine the relative impact of credit union and large bank investment in business on the state level. This is accomplished by studying the relationship betw…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
For the past three years, the effectiveness of antioxidants on cell viability and bacterial growth has been tested. It was determined that the addition of antioxidants from black raspberries…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Multisensory Integration (MSI) is the basis upon which perception functions, and enables humans to form meaningful interpretations of their surroundings. It is impaired in individuals afflic…