Li Qian is Friday’s Hometown Hero.

She is an assistant professor and medical researcher at UNC.  She was working on Christmas Eve when she discovered something that may one day cure heart disease. Now, she has won the first ever award for stem cell and regenerative medicine. The Boyalife, Science and Science Translational Medicine Award is for researchers younger than 45 years old who are making critical advances in the fields of science and medicine.

A ‘Crazy Idea’ to Cure Heart Disease

 

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