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The Xeno Solution
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The use of animal organs in human patients has revolutionized medicine in the 21st century, freeing thousand of patients from dialysis, and sparing them the slow death of waiting for a human organ that may never come. Thanks to the discoveries of Paradigm Transplant Solutions, reliable organs are available to almost anyone who needs one.
Some fear that animal transplants could cause a deadly virus to cross over into the human population, triggering an epidemic of catastrophic proportions. However, PTS uses only cloned animals that have been genetically-engineered to be virus-free, so this danger has been eliminated.
Or has it?
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The use of animal organs in human patients has revolutionized medicine in the 21st century, freeing thousand of patients from dialysis, and sparing them the slow death of waiting for a human organ that may never come. Thanks to the discoveries of Paradigm Transplant Solutions, reliable organs are available to almost anyone who needs one.
Some fear that animal transplants could cause a deadly virus to cross over into the human population, triggering an epidemic of catastrophic proportions. However, PTS uses only cloned animals that have been genetically-engineered to be virus-free, so this danger has been eliminated.
Or has it?
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
- GenresThriller
449 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 1, 2005
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About the author
Nelson Erlick
3 books1 followerDr. Nelson Erlick is an author of medical thrillers and one of the original members of the International Thriller Writers Association.
His first novel, the critically-acclaimed medical thriller GermLine (Tor/Forge Books), received praise from leaders in the scientific community (including W. French Anderson, the "Father of Gene Therapy", and J. Craig Venter, President of the Center for the Advancement of Genomics), literary critics (including Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, The Philadelphia Inquirer), and noted novelists (Douglas Preston, Greg Cox).
Dr. Erlick's second novel, The Xeno Solution (Tor/Forge Books), received advanced praise from renowned novelists including Michael Palmer, John Lescroart, and David Dun.
Dr. Erlick lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and two daughters.
His first novel, the critically-acclaimed medical thriller GermLine (Tor/Forge Books), received praise from leaders in the scientific community (including W. French Anderson, the "Father of Gene Therapy", and J. Craig Venter, President of the Center for the Advancement of Genomics), literary critics (including Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, The Philadelphia Inquirer), and noted novelists (Douglas Preston, Greg Cox).
Dr. Erlick's second novel, The Xeno Solution (Tor/Forge Books), received advanced praise from renowned novelists including Michael Palmer, John Lescroart, and David Dun.
Dr. Erlick lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and two daughters.
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April 29, 2020
Lots of action, lots of technical jargon and the end left you sad. I have to say that the ending was more real life and what often happens.
January 31, 2011
This book did not live up to my expectations at all. 400+ pages and I waited for it to get good, but it didn't happen. Makes me glad I got this from a book swap at my gym and didn't have to spend any money for it.
Based on the limited summary on the back cover, the book sounded intriguing. What could happen if pig organs could be engineered in such a way to be transplanted into people safely, only to have a virus hiding in their DNA emerge and threaten the lives of the recipients and those around them? Being deeply involved in the organ transplant field, the possibilities of xenotransplantation interest me, but I could see this as a major barrier to it ever happening. So a book that supposedly turns speculation into reality, albeit a fictional supposition, should be a good read.
Unfortunately, the author chose to depict it from a political angle, where the prime players all know the outbreak has happened and try to prevent a whistleblower from sharing what he learns, ruining the industry and hope for millions of people. Only 2 patients ever become part of the story in some manner other than names in a database. Otherwise, the story jumps around to scenes in the lives of various executives, investors, and others who are trying to keep the secret buried, plus the main character, the whistleblower.
I finished this book only because I never like to give up on a book, and again, I was waiting for it to get better.
Based on the limited summary on the back cover, the book sounded intriguing. What could happen if pig organs could be engineered in such a way to be transplanted into people safely, only to have a virus hiding in their DNA emerge and threaten the lives of the recipients and those around them? Being deeply involved in the organ transplant field, the possibilities of xenotransplantation interest me, but I could see this as a major barrier to it ever happening. So a book that supposedly turns speculation into reality, albeit a fictional supposition, should be a good read.
Unfortunately, the author chose to depict it from a political angle, where the prime players all know the outbreak has happened and try to prevent a whistleblower from sharing what he learns, ruining the industry and hope for millions of people. Only 2 patients ever become part of the story in some manner other than names in a database. Otherwise, the story jumps around to scenes in the lives of various executives, investors, and others who are trying to keep the secret buried, plus the main character, the whistleblower.
I finished this book only because I never like to give up on a book, and again, I was waiting for it to get better.
September 27, 2010
I found this to be very difficult to read. I'm guessing the author is (or was) a doctor as it is incredibly technical and most of the time, I didn't have a clue what they were talking about. There seems to be a huge conspiracy/coverup over clinical trials on this pig retrovirus thing (not exactly sure what the heck this is but seems to be the major stumbling block to using pig organs in humans.
If you can get past all the technical speak (I just started skimming it cause it just made no sense to me at all), the life and death fight between Scott, Emery and Stone is rather interesting. This is a 439 page story that could have been told in about 300 and been enjoyable. Not really an author I'd bore myself with twice. Once is most definitely enough.
If you can get past all the technical speak (I just started skimming it cause it just made no sense to me at all), the life and death fight between Scott, Emery and Stone is rather interesting. This is a 439 page story that could have been told in about 300 and been enjoyable. Not really an author I'd bore myself with twice. Once is most definitely enough.
May 8, 2013
The idea is good, the writing is good, but so much droning and repitition and technecality, now I can follow the technical stuff, but it's too heavy handed and not enough focus on the actual symptoms and spread of the contagion or on the antagonists.
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