Maryland scientists have discovered promising evidence that stem cells could one day save the lives of heart attack patients ? thanks in part to the audacity, persistence and intelligence of one Howard County teenager.
As a rising sophomore at River Hill High School in Clarksville, Rushi Talati, then 15, approached W. Jonathan Lederer, director of the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute?s Medical Biotechnology Center, asking for an internship to research stem cells at a place that usually employs graduate students, post-doctoratal students and professors.
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