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ISEF · 2019
Chemistry Third Award
Due to its unique physicochemical properties, gamma-Butyrolactone (GBL) is regarded as a universal solvent and an important precursor for many pharmaceuticals. However, the current industria…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Throughout Germany, uranium can be found as contamination in phreatic water. Especially in Saxony – being a former main region of German uranium mining - it has also migrated into potable wa…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Cisplatin is a platinum-based chemotherapy drug that targets breast cancer, head and neck cancer, lung cancer and testicular cancer. It is found to be very effective in treating testicular c…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
The reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) to energy rich molecules can reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and aid in limiting CO2 levels in the atmosphere. One aspect of these efforts involve…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Energy is essential for industrialization but traditional energy sources have a bad impact on our environment. Therefore, researchers are interested in using alternative energy sources such…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Tryptamine derivatives are well-known bioactive compounds. For example, serotonin, which is 5-hydroxytryptamine, is an important neurotransmitter. Various drugs based on the tryptamine core…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry Third Award
Nowadays, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1) is treated by inhibitors of various types, especially substances able to block key stages of HIV life cycle. Within the last years,…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry Fourth Award
Silver has been used since ancient times as a way to combat bacterial infections. Before the introduction of modern antibiotics, silver was mainly used for its bactericidal properties. Howev…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
In recent years, nanoparticles for therapeutic treatments of cancer has begun to show great promise. The nanoparticles used in this study were composed of silver that were chemically synthes…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Hydrogen energy is clean energy that would solve the current ecological problems while it is limited by consumption of noble metals. Transition metal dichalcogenides are very potential for r…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Cell-selective drug delivery can overcome the downfalls of non-specific cancer therapies, such as systemic toxicity and low effectiveness. Previous research has revealed that properly modifi…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry Third Award
Cancer stem cells are a subset of cells that are able to survive chemo, differentiate, and repopulate the tumor, leading to increased survival and disease progression. P53 suppression is lin…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Alport Syndrome (AS) is a rare genetic disease affecting 5,000 - 10,000 people in the United States. This disease is due to a mutation in collagen IV that leads to destruction of the basemen…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
The objective of this experiment was construct a Turbidimeter and Nephelometer for the purpose of quantitatively determining the chloride content of a sample of water. The chloride will form…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
In recent years, rates of colorectal cancer among young people have seen a shocking increase. Hydrogen peroxide is known to be a leading cause of cancer throughout the digestive tract. The b…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Dairy beverages contain a rich source of nutrients including vitamins, calcium which is essential for growth and disease prevention. Lactose intolerance hinders 65% of the world population f…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Daphnia Magna are planktonic crustaceans that are commonly known as “water fleas”. The Daphnia live in multiple environments varying from freshwater lakes to acidic swamps. Although, they ca…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia that has no known cure. Many scientists believe that the disease results from toxic changes in the brain that include large deposits o…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry Fourth Award
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are a rapidly developing technology with applications in biosensorics, targeted drug delivery, cancer therapy, diagnostics, and purity testing. One of their proper…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Paint coatings are widely used in the modern world, especially for corrosion protection of the metal with simultaneously formation decorative image. But the main disadvantage of pain coating…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
After investigating and selecting the different plastics considering that most plastics are frequently used, we begin to prepare the samples using the following recognition criteria to class…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry Third Award
Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) have recently been introduced as a possible drug delivery system due to their porous, three-dimensional crystalline structure, created by repeated reaction of…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
The addition of nanoparticles to materials has the ability to enhance a variety of characteristics such as their mechanical and optical properties. These properties are often highly correlat…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry Third Award
Tragedies such as the 2008 and 2018 cholera epidemics in Zimbabwe can be avoided in future if cheaper methods of water purification are developed . Capillary action was investigated as a pos…