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...months, Ali will resume her work on stem cell research, which recently won her a $50,000 Davidson Fellowship that goes towards her college tuition...
...daughter of two chemists, Ali grew up surrounded by discussions of science. When she won a Minnesota Academy of Science research grant after sophomore year of high school, Ali decided to spend her summer working with stem cell researcher Catherine Verfaillie at the University of Minnesota...
...national debate over the morality of stem cell research—even though Ali works with umbilical cords, not embryos—has put her in the spotlight...
...Stem cell research is a controversial field right now, and I think that’s why I’ve gotten so much attention,” said Ali. “Using the umbilical cord cells fixes the lack of donors and graft recipient problems often associated with bone marrow transplants. This is really the Holy Grail of stem cell research, and could help overcome some of the field’s biggest roadblocks...
Later this school year, Ali will continue her research at Harvard’s new Stem Cell Institute. She will work under the guidance of Associate Professor of Medicine and the Institute’s co-director David Scadden, who is out of the country and could not be reached for comment yesterday...