| Aaron Hakim
Affecting Aging: Protection of cSOD-deficient Drosophila from Oxidative Stress
| Division: | Physical & Mathematical Sciences | | Category: | Intermediate | | Region: | Bay Area | | City: | Mississauga, ON | | School: | Appleby College | | Abstract: | The effects of caloric restriction and dietary antioxidant supplementation, using Vitamin E or Thymoquinone, were investigated in the SOD-deficient Drosophila for their efficacy in reducing oxidative stress. Eclosion lethality assays indicate that both interventions can rescue superoxide mediated developmental disorders in this fly, and may thus retard the aging process. |
| Awards | Value | Statistical Society of Canada Award
Intermediate
Sponsor: Statistical Society of Canada | $600.00 | The University of Western Ontario Scholarship
Gold Medallist - $2000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: University of Western Ontario | $2 000.00 | Gold Medal - Life Sciences
Intermediate
Sponsor: Pfizer Canada | $1 500.00 | | Total | $4 100.00 | |
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