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Scientists joined a team of medical researchers to develop cures for the physically disabled on the cellular level. Sickly as a child, this motivated them to pursue a career that would allow them to help people. They took up chemical engineering at the biomedical engineering at the Massachusetts Institutes of Technology in the United States. Their interest in engineering sparked during high school, wherein they entered design competitions.

They currently pursuing their doctorate in biomedical engineering at Georgia Tech, US, while working on the project of developing polymers for regenerating damaged central nervous system cells known as neurons. The intended result is to encourage the cells to heal, regenerate and thus regain their function. This innovation raises hopes that people with disabilities may recover and live a normal life.  Being a woman in a male-dominated field is extremely demanding. This projects is exhilarating because it accorded the chance to accomplish something for the first time and that is creating something new.