02859cam a2200385 i 4500 623540830 TxAuBib 20181221120000.0 181026s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018050974 9781432855314 large print) (hardcover 143285531X large print) (hardcover (OCoLC)1060185955 DLC DLC eng eng rda rda DLC rda OCLCO rda DLC BKL GO3 JST OJ4 OCLCO OCLCF INO TXDPL TxAuBib OCLCO BKL GO3 JST OJ4 OCLCO OCLCF INO TXDPL TxAuBib rda Cook, Robin, author. Pandemic / By Robin Cook. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018. 651 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographic references (page 647). "New York Times bestselling author Robin Cook takes on the cutting-edge world of gene modification in this pulse-pounding new medical thriller.</strong> When an unidentified, seemingly healthy young woman collapses suddenly on the New York City subway and dies upon reaching the hospital, her case is an eerie reminder for veteran medical examiner Jack Stapleton of the 1918 flu pandemic. Fearful of a repeat on the one hundredth anniversary of the nightmarish contagion, Jack autopsies the woman within hours of her demise and discovers some striking anomalies: first, that she has had a heart transplant, and second, that, against all odds, her DNA matches that of the transplanted heart. Although the facts don't add up to influenza, Jack must race against the clock to identify the woman and determine what kind of virus could wreak such havoc a task made more urgent when two other victims succumb to a similar rapid death. But nothing makes sense until his investigation leads him into the fascinating realm of CRISPR/CAS9, a gene editing biotechnology that's captured the imagination of the medical community. and the attention of its most unethical members. Drawn into the dark underbelly of the organ transplant market, Jack will come face-to-face with a megalomaniacal businessman willing to risk human lives in order to conquer a lucrative new frontier in medicine and if Jack's not careful, the next life lost might be his own. "--Provided by publisher. 20181221. Influenza Fiction. Death Causes Fiction. Medical examiners (Law) Fiction. Heart Transplantation Fiction. Sale of organs, tissues, etc Fiction. Medical fiction. Thrillers. Large type book. Fiction. TXKPL