Students from Near East University’s Faculty of Engineering received an award in the “Engineering, Hardware and Sustainable Technologies” category at the “Young Minds, New Ideas” competition, organized by the Turkish Informatics Association and hosted by Lefke European University. The award-winning project, titled “Innovative Point-of-Care Biosensors Targeting SMAD3 for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease,” was developed by Ranim Ata Odeh Al-Masri, Boris Bahizi Ndabarasa, Tchersey Keina Nziza, Diane Umutoni, and team captain Nezihe Alibaba under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Süleyman Aşır. The low-cost, portable SMAD3 biosensor aims to enable earlier, faster, and more accessible diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, offering a promising alternative to expensive conventional diagnostic methods

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