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| Amal is enrolled in the enrichment program at Sir Wilfrid Laurier S.S. She enjoys reading, graphic designing, and playing the viola and piano. Amal has won a few honors/awards from the Gauss Contest, the Canadian Royal Legion Speech Contest, the Thames Valley Science and Engineering Fair, the Canada Wide Science Fair, and the Sanofi Biogenius Competition. In her project, Amal proposes that the blood-brain barrier drug delivery problems of existing neuropharmaceuticals can be solved using genetically engineered molecular Trojan horses. A novel, tailor-made, photoactive, Trojan horse drug that quickly switches into an aggressive molecule to destroy even residual amyloid plaques could be more effective than any other known drug developed for Alzheimer’s disease thus far. |
| Amal Aziz
A Switchable, Dual-Functioning Trojan Horse for Alzheimer’s Disease Photothera
| Challenge: | Innovation | | Category: | Senior | | Region: | Thames Valley | | City: | London, ON | | School: | Sir Wilfrid Laurier S.S. | | Abstract: | Blood-brain barrier drug delivery problems of existing neuropharmaceuticals can be solved using genetically engineered molecular Trojan horses. A novel tailor-made Trojan horse drug that quickly switches into an aggressive molecule to destroy even the residual amyloid plaques could be more effective than any known drug thus far developed for Alzheimer’s disease. |
| Awards | Value | Youth Can Innovate Awards
Senior
Sponsor: The Gwyn Morgan and Patricia Trottier Foundation | $1 000.00 | Excellence Award - Senior
Gold Medal
Sponsor: Youth Science Canada | | Carleton University Entrance Award
Senior Gold Medallist - $4,000 Entrance Award
Sponsor: Carleton University | $4 000.00 | Dalhousie University Faculty of Science Entrance Scholarship
Senior Gold Medallist - $5000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: Dalhousie University, Faculty of Science | $5 000.00 | UBC Science (Vancouver) Entrance Award
Senior Gold Medallist - $4000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: The University of British Columbia (Vancouver) | $4 000.00 | University of Manitoba Entrance Scholarship
Senior Gold Medallist - $5000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: University of Manitoba | $5 000.00 | University of Ottawa Entrance Scholarship
Senior Gold Medallist - $4,000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: University of Ottawa | $4 000.00 | Western University Scholarship
Gold Medallist - $4000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: Western University | $4 000.00 | | Total | $27 000.00 | |
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