Frog Fetal detained: Why can the arrest of a Harvard scientist born in this Russia in Boston can be a major medical advance

NBC News reported that for a promising success in the diagnosis of cancer, a Harvard scientist has spent the last two months in a immigration detention center, fearing that his absence may prevent significant progress in early detection technology, NBC News said.
30-year-old Kasania Petrova, a Russian-born researcher at the Kirschner Lab of Harvard Medical School, was detained by American immigration officials at Logan Airport in Boston in February, allegedly failed to declare scientific material-frog fetal samples-that is used in her research. She is currently being held at the Richwood Correctional Center in Louisiana and faces potential exile for Russia, where she states that she can face imprisonment for opposition to war in Ukraine.
Petrova developed a complex computer script required to analyze the data generated by a groundbreaking microscope used in Harvard’s cancer and longevity studies. “Without that, I fully believe that what we can make in all insight or fundamental biology will not be made,” his colleague and housewife, Dr. William Trim said. “I am very confident that it is the only way we can achieve the real ability of this microscope.”

Petrova’s first immigration hearing is scheduled for Tuesday. Her lawyer, Gregory Romanowski said she was wrongly punished. “For the first time violations, the fine usually decreases by $ 50. Instead, the authorities canceled his J -1 scholar visa,” he said, to participate in custody of a comprehensive effort, to participate in custody “to create a unwanted and hostile atmosphere for nonsuction.”
A department of the Homeland Security Spokesperson said Petrova was duly detained after lying to federal officials about carrying substances in the country. ” Petrova denied NBC News, saying, “He asked if I have any biological samples in my luggage. I said yes.” He described the days of isolation and confusion after his arrest.
Dr. Leon Peschan, Petrova’s supervisor and patron at Harvard, said that he is irreparable. “It was only his. It was only his,” he told NBC News. Lab work, which requires a rare combination of embryonic science and computational science skills, is now hanging in balance.
The case has created concern among the nationwide researchers, many of which are now afraid of foreign travel or renewal visas. “I am afraid that it does,” the offering said, when asked whether immigration policies were discouraging international scientists from coming to America.
According to nature, 75% of survey scientists have considered transferring to Europe or Canada. Meanwhile, over 1,550 international students and recent graduates have changed their visa status, and at least 28 cases have been filed in American federal courts by students wishing to achieve legal status.
Petrova, who was highly recommended after graduating from the prestigious Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, was admitted to Harvard in 2021. “He is a very talented scientist who is of a very large capacity … the ability to be the best,” Rutgers Molecular Biologists Dr. Costantin Sevinov said.
Despite his custody, Petrova is committed to his work. “I think this work was a miracle,” she said, saying that she would not hide her political ideas. “If you want to say anything against Putin, there is no way that you will not be in jail.”
The colleagues are hopeful for his release, but the fear remains. “We really don’t know if we are going to see him again,” Trim said. “Because if they send him to Russia, we can never see him again.”