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New images could change cancer diagnostics but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them

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Russian -born Kseniia Petrova , 30 , has been in an immigration detention center for two months .

Petrova worked at Harvard ’s renowned Kirschner Lab until her arrest at a Boston airport in mid-February .

She is fighting possible deportation to Russia , where she said she fears persecution and jail time over her protests against the war in Ukraine .

Experts say the detention of academics has damaged the ability of universities in the United States to recruit and retain leading talent.

The plaintiffs argue that the sudden policy changes threaten their academic and professional futures.

Harvard recruited Petrova about two years ago .

She graduated from the prestigious Russian Physics and Technology Institute and came highly recommended.

Petrova was recruited by Dr. Konstantin Severinov , a prominent Rutgers molecular biologist, for a genome-sequencing project.

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