Scientist Accused of Attempting to Smuggle Frog Embryos into the U.S.
Federal officials have charged a 30-year-old Russian-born scientist with attempting to smuggle a frog embryo into the United States. Identified as Kseniia Petrova, a researcher at Harvard, she was arrested in February, as reported on Wednesday. Authorities are preparing to send her to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Louisiana, following her […]
Russian scientist Kseniia Petrova is detained by ICE for smuggling frog embryos into the US.
A scientist from Russia, previously affiliated with Harvard Medical School, has been accused of attempting to smuggle a frog embryo into the U.S., according to federal prosecutors. Researcher Kseniia Petrova was apprehended at Boston’s international airport in February while carrying an embryo stash and has been held in a detention facility since then. The 31-year-old […]
Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova faces smuggling charges while contesting her deportation.
Kseniia Petrova, a scientist originally from Russia and currently a researcher at Harvard University, was charged with one count of bringing contraband into the country on Wednesday. This charge marks a significant escalation by the Trump administration in cases that have attracted international attention from scholars and scientists globally. At 30 years old, Petrova was […]
Resentful scientist at secure NIH facility jeopardized a dangerous outbreak due to a trivial argument with a colleague.
A contractor at one of North America’s highest-security labs jeopardized a potentially deadly outbreak as part of a personal dispute. According to a health and welfare official, researchers damaged colleagues’ personal protective equipment after a romantic conflict. This took place in early March at the Integrated Research Facility located at Fort Detrick Army Base in […]
Russian Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova’ ‘knowingly’ broke the law: feds
Federal authorities have said Harvard’s Xenia Petrova “deliberately broke the law” amid continuing push for the deportation of Russian scientists. Petrova, a bioinformentor at the Kirschner Institute at Harvard Medical School, was taken into custody at Boston Logan International Airport On February 16th, when she returned from a trip to Paris. Her lawyer, Gregory Romanovsky, […]
NIH scientist claims ‘censorship’ under RFK’s leadership
The top official at the National Institutes of Health complained about censorship under the leadership of HHS Sec and announced his sudden retirement from the agency 21 years later. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kevin Hall, a senior NIH investigator, complained that he had “experienced censorship” while investigating an ultra-treated food poisoning. “It’s very sad to […]
Russian scientist working at Harvard Medical School, Kseniia Petrova, detained by Ice at Boston airport
According to colleagues and reports, Russian scientists working at Harvard Medical School are in custody by federal immigration officials. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency is detaining Russian scientists from Harvard Medical School. Getty Images Kseniia Petrova is currently being held at the US Immigration Customs Facilities facility in Louisiana after returning from a […]
Russian scientist detained by Ice at Boston airport
A Russian scientist who worked at Harvard Medical School was taken into custody at Boston Logan International Airport, where he was about to return from a trip to Paris on February 16th. Kseniia Petrova, bioinformatician at the Kirschner Lab, had regained the frog embryo at the request of a professor at Harvard University, a French […]
Trump’s Border Ban: French Scientist Deemed ‘Too Anti-Trump’ to Enter the US
Homeland Security Advisor Tricia McLaughlin clarified that the Trump administration denied French scientists entry because they possessed “secret information” kept on electronic devices. McLaughlin rejected claims that the scientist was blocked due to political beliefs, saying it was “blatantly wrong.” The French government, led by Minister of Higher Education Philip Baptist, claimed that the scientist […]
Climate Scientist Who Sued Critics For Defamation Misled Jury, Judge Says
According to a judge at the Special Columbia Court, University of Pennsylvania climate scientist Michael Mann and his lawyers presented misleading information to the ju judge in a honour-loss case against critics of his work. Mann has won a honour-loss lawsuit against conservative writers Mark Stein and Rand Singberg. Both criticized Mann's signature “Hockey Stick” […]