Featured Abstracts

• What’s “Bugging” You? – Investigating the Potential Role of the GI Microbiome in the Association between Appendectomy and Glucose Intolerance
  Maya Pimentel
  July 25, 2023 10:43 am
• Surgical Augmentation of Rotator Cuff Repair
  Zachary Mendoza
  July 24, 2023 1:07 pm
• The Role of Antiphospholipid Antibodies in Miscarriage
  Varshni Nandakumar
  July 24, 2023 1:05 pm
• Focused Ultrasound Mediated Gene Therapy Delivery for the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease
  Isuru Somawardana
  July 24, 2023 1:03 pm
• The Role of Antibacterial Hydrogels with Stem Cell Exosomes in Diabetic Wound Healing
  Bailey Keith
  June 29, 2023 6:57 am
• Moving Past the Transplant: How Various Stem Cell Therapy Strategies are Complementing, Challenging, and Enhancing the Field of Cardiomyocyte Remuscularization after Heart Failure
  Jordan Newman
  June 22, 2023 9:01 pm
• Interpretable Machine Learning Models in Clinical Decision Support Systems
  Gayatri Prakash
  June 22, 2023 8:07 pm
• Anti-VEGF Therapies as Potential Treatment Option for Arteriovenous Malformations
  Christopher Chaftari
  June 22, 2023 8:02 pm
• Advancements in GD2-CAR T Cell Therapy for Treatment-Resistant Gliomas: Current Progress and Future Perspectives
  Robert Mbilinyi
  June 22, 2023 2:15 pm
• The Role of Histone 3 Mutations as a Driving Force of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) and its Molecular Targeting with Therapeutics
  Zoë Cook
  June 22, 2023 2:01 pm
• Targeting the PD-1/PD-L1 Pathway in Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A Promising Therapeutic Approach
  Zaryab Alam
  June 22, 2023 1:58 pm
• Nucleus Accumbens (NAc) Dopaminergic D1 Receptor (D1R)-Expressing Medium Spiny Neurons (dMSNs) and their Role in Inducing Reward-Seeking Actions in Opioid Use Disorder
  Yasamin Yazdani
  June 22, 2023 1:51 pm
• Overexpression of TGF-β1 by Glioblastoma Stem Cells Under the Influence of 2-Microglobulin Drives Mechanism of MGMT Mediated Temozolomide Resistance
  Will Hlavinka
  June 22, 2023 1:49 pm
• Statistical Comparisons of Individual Glioblastoma Samples Can Reveal Molecular Subtypes with Clinical Phenotypes
  Wengler James
  June 22, 2023 1:47 pm
• Enhancing Insomnia Treatments by Modifying Drug Interactions with GABA-A Ions Channels Subunits
  Veronica Nguyen
  June 22, 2023 1:43 pm
• Variance in Interferon-Gamma Levels Due to Genetic and Epigenetic Mutations Impacts Tuberculosis Susceptibility
  Tucker Boyd
  June 22, 2023 1:36 pm
• CHD8 Mutations in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) – Aberrant Wnt signaling; Partial Rescue by SSRIs
  Thomas (TJ) Egeland
  June 22, 2023 1:30 pm
• The Role of Serotonin Transporter (SERT) SLC6A4 Gene Modifications and Its Relation to Depression
  Taylor Shantz
  June 22, 2023 1:11 pm
• The Tumor Suppressor Role of Circular RNA ITCH in Ovarian Cancer
  Taylor Flaherty
  June 22, 2023 1:09 pm
• Abnormal Gene Expression Patterns Are Implicated in the Development of Tetralogy of Fallot and Can Be Studied For Prenatal Diagnosis
  Talha Akram
  June 22, 2023 1:05 pm
• Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) and Amplification of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Contribute to Tumorigenesis of Glioblastoma
  Taimur Hassan
  June 22, 2023 1:02 pm
• Effects of Blocking PTEN in Central Nervous System Axons on Axon Regeneration and Functional Outcomes Following Spinal Cord Injury
  Tarun Sontam
  June 22, 2023 1:00 pm
• Current and Potential Molecular Targets for the Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Tumor Progressing Protein KRAS and Drug-Resistant Pathways
  Silguero Martin, Jr.
  June 22, 2023 12:57 pm
• Effect of m6A Modification on VEGFA-Mediated Cancer-Induced Angiogenesis
  Sidharth Belaguli
  June 22, 2023 12:54 pm
• The role of TnT-I79N in the Upregulation of Calcium Channels Leading to Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Associated Sudden Cardiac Death Risk
  Shourya Kashyap
  June 22, 2023 12:50 pm
• Biological Therapies for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Along the Agrin/MuSK/Lrp4/DOK7 Pathway at the Neuromuscular Junction
  Sangeetha Narayan
  June 22, 2023 12:36 pm
• β-Catenin Dependent Signaling in Drug Resistant Acute Myeloid Leukemia
  Sairavish Akkineni
  June 22, 2023 12:34 pm
• The Epigenetic DNA Methylation Changes Associated with Human Papillomavirus Uterine Cervical Cancer
  Roxana Farokhnia
  June 22, 2023 12:07 pm
• Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines, Trypsin-3, Tight Junctions, and Claudin-2 Play a Role in Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO): Ineffective Blocking May Lead to Recurrence of Disease
  Roshini Thiagarajan
  June 22, 2023 12:04 pm
• Advancements in Radical Oxidative Species Induced Pathogenicity of Helicobacter pylori
  Rohit Raina
  June 22, 2023 11:57 am
• Triple Combination Therapy of CDK4/6 Inhibitors, Endocrine Therapy, and mTOR/PI3K Inhibitors to Treat Hormone Receptor-Positive Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-2 Negative Breast Cancer with Acquired Resistance
  Rebecca Waugh
  June 22, 2023 11:45 am
• Traumatic Brain Injury-Induced Immunological Malfunction of the Gut-Brain Axis
  Priyanka Basu
  June 22, 2023 11:42 am
• Cord Blood Lymphatic Endothelial Progenitor Cells Exposed to Preeclampsia in Utero Prime Individuals to Form an Abnormal Lymphatic System After Birth
  Samantha Pozo Navarro
  June 22, 2023 11:24 am
• Balance of Activity of D1Rs and D2Rs on Medium Spiny Neurons in the Striatum Can Explain Persistence of Alcohol Seeking Behavior in Alcohol Use Disorder
  Madelyn Pegues
  June 22, 2023 11:15 am
• Exon Skipping for Specific Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Mutations
  Deep Parikh
  June 22, 2023 11:12 am
• Investigating the Roles of the Innate and Adaptive Immune Systems in Alzheimer’s Pathogenesis
  Oliver Zhou
  June 22, 2023 10:56 am
• The Mechanisms and Effectiveness of Interferon Therapeutics for the Treatment of Hepatitis B Virus
  Nailah Blair
  June 22, 2023 10:50 am
• Mutations of the NOTCH1 Signaling Pathway Constitute Congenital Cardiac Anomalies in patients with Tetralogy of Fallot
  My Lai
  June 22, 2023 10:46 am
• Inhibition of Astroglial Nf-Kappab Pathway Provides Neuroprotection Against Optic Neuropathy in Glaucoma
  Jawad Muayad
  June 22, 2023 10:23 am
• The Mechanism and Treatment of Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma and Optic Glioma in children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1
  Talia Meidan
  June 22, 2023 10:18 am