Winners

Validating a Suture- and Drug-Free Hydrogel as an Injectable Oral Dressing for Painless Promotion of Dental Extraction Socket Healing and Prevention of Alveolar Osteitis in the Frail and/or Institutionalized Ageing Adult

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Ziyad S. Haidar, PhD; Valerie Joannon Bitsch, BSc; Consuelo Zumarán Castagnoli, BSc; Catalina Paz Sandoval Muñoz, BSc; Sebastián Pérez Errázuriz, DDS, MSc, PhD; Alondra Belén Beniscelli Vásquez, DDS; Gabriela Zavala…

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Filter by Competition Sponsor Academia Sinica Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarollo de Chile Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences EIT Health Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development Ministry of Health and National Research Foundation of Singapore National Academy of Medicine Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China The Chinese University of Hong Kong and The University of Hong Kong U.S. National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health United Kingdom Research and Innovation

Year 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020

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Strengthening the immune system by gut microbiome modification to enhance a protective response to vaccination in aged people

Erick Riquelme, PhD; Felipe Court Goldsmith, PhD, Msc Competition Sponsor: National Agency for Research and Development of Chile Aging is associated with a decrease in the quality of life, partly due to a process of immunosenescence characterized by the decrease in the effectiveness of the immune system to generate an…

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Fecal microbiota transplant as a potential treatment for sarcopenia in elderly

Gonzalo Cruz, PhD; Claudia Ibacache Quiroga, PhD; Gonzalo Jorquera Olave, PhD Competition Sponsor: National Agency for Research and Development of Chile Sarcopenia is characterized by the progressive and generalized loss of muscle mass and strength, with a high risk of developing physical disability and poor quality of life in older…

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Integral telehealth solution for elderly care, integrating videoconferencing and automatic detection of vital signs through artificial vision

Marcos Zúñiga Barraza, PhD; Nicolás Jara Carvallo, PhD; Mohamed Abdelhamid, PhD; Antonio Lira B., CEO Competition Sponsor: National Agency for Research and Development of Chile We propose an integral telehealth platform for elderly care, where patient’s vital signs are automatically monitored through artificial vision, while video conferencing with the medical…

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Personalized test for intestinal microflora and health management of the elderly

Zhang Xinlei, PhD, Jiang Taijiao, PhD and Wang Yongqiang, PhD, |Suzhou Geneworks Technology Co., Ltd
Competition Sponsor: Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Awardee Year: 2020 In recent years, population aging has become a severe social problem in global. With the growth of age, the elderly people are prone to…

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Genetically enhanced mesenchymal stem cell therapy for aging and aging-related diseases

Yusheng Cai, PhD, Zeming Wu, PhD | Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Jinghui Lei, PhD, Wei Li, PhD, Lingling Geng, PhD, Si Wang, PhD |  Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University
Competition Sponsor: Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Awardee Year: 2020 Aging is the predominant risk for organ…

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Oral microbiome, health management throughout the life cycle

Yuan Wang, PhD, Shuli Deng, MD, Jie Zhang, MD, and Lingkai Su, PhD | The Affiliated Hospital of Stomatology, School of Stomatology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Competition Sponsor: Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Awardee Year: 2020 The earth was formed roughly 4.5 billion years ago, and microbes are thought…

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An Integrated and Precise Medical System for CABG

Yu Yang MD, Bi Yong PhD, Yang Jian, PhD, Cheng Dewen, PhD, Yu Wenyuan, MD, liu Hongli, MD, Fan Kangjun, MD, Chen Liang, MD, Ding Xiaohang, MD, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University
Competition Sponsor: Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Awardee Year: 2020 Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is the…

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Sleep Guardian: An RF-Based System Guarding Your Sleeping

Yu Gu, PhD, Miao Sun, Anyi Guo, and Ken Chen |  Hefei University of Technology
Competition Sponsor: Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Awardee Year: 2020 “Sleep, like air, food, and water, is a basic necessity for the human being.” -WHO Sleep is crucial for the wellness of older adults’ physical…

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New target, new mechanism, rapid antidepressant candidate YH-200

Yong-He Zhang, Professor, PhD | Department of pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Science, Peking University, Beijing, China
Competition Sponsor: Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Awardee Year: 2020 Inspired by the mechanism of ES ketamine, we are developing a novel antidepressant, YH-200, which is designed to address the slow onset of…

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