Indian-origin teens bag $100K in US Siemens science contest

Three Indian-root young people, including indistinguishable twin sisters, in the US, have packed away a grant worth USD 100,000 in a science competition for their inventive research that will help specialists analyze medical issues like schizophrenia.

Shriya and Adhya Beesam, 16, who are eleventh-grade understudies in Plano, Texas won the opposition in the seventeenth yearly Siemens Math, Science and Technology Competition on Tuesday for their venture entitled, Linked Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System: A Novel Approach to Schizophrenia Diagnosis.

Vineet Edupuganti, a senior at Oregon Episcopal School, won the top individual honor for building up an ingestible battery that could change the way specialists analyze and screen medical issues somewhere down in the body.

Edupugantis creation, which he calls an "high-performance biodegradable battery for transient electronics," was valued by the judges at the challenge.

His work could improve how restorative specialists analyze conditions that influence inside organs, for example, gastrointestinal clutters, that right now require complex imaging or obtrusive systems to analyze.

"These researchers are ready to change the lives of millions around the globe...I can't hold up to see where their commitment and inventive speculation will lead them and whatever remains of us too," David Etzwiler, CEO of the Siemens Foundation said.

In their examination, the twins, built up another way to deal with analyzing schizophrenia prior in patients utilizing both mind scans and psychiatric evaluations, said reports.

The Beesams lost their uncle to schizophrenia years back. Their uncle was misdiagnosed for quite a long while before in the end being analyzed as schizophrenic. The twins say the late analysis and postponement of care added to his suicide.

"Individuals determined to have schizophrenia are fifty percent more likely to commit or attempt suicide," Shriya said.

The Beesams say the loss of the uncle served as inspiration amid their exploration and work.

"It was astonishing after we won when a mother came up to me and expressed gratitude toward us for our work since her child has schizophrenia and she is glad to see individuals discussing the ailment," Adhya said.

The Beesams made another framework for diagnosing the ailment by consolidating subjective and quantitative ways to deal with evaluating patients.

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