Pandemia
(Book)

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Published
Barcelona : Plaza Janés, 2022.
Edition
Primera edición.
ISBN
8401024773, 9788401024771
Physical Desc
457 pages ; 23 cm.
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Published
Barcelona : Plaza Janés, 2022.
Format
Book
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Spanish
ISBN
8401024773, 9788401024771

Notes

Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
El nuevo y explosivo thriller médico del autor superventas del New York Times, Robin Cook. Después de que una mujer joven aparentemente sana colapsa repentinamente en el metro de Nueva York y muere cuando llega al hospital, su caso se atribuye inicialmente a una virulenta cepa de influenza. Es decir, hasta que termina en la mesa de autopsias del Dr. Jack Stapleton, donde Jack descubre algo inquietantemente sospechoso: primero, que la joven ha tenido un trasplante de corazón y, segundo, que su ADN coincide con el del corazón trasplantado. Extrañamente, siguen dos incidentes más de jóvenes con esta misma enfermedad repentina y rápida, y Jack teme que esto podría ser el comienzo de una pandemia sin precedentes. Pero los hechos no cuadran. Algo anda mal en estos casos, algo espeluznante, y solo Jack puede resolverlo antes de que sea demasiado tarde. Así comienza una carrera contra el tiempo, durante la cual Jack revela la parte más oscura del mercado de trasplantes de órganos. Su nombre es Bui Zhao, un empresario y miembro de la junta del hospital que ha estado engañando al sistema mediante el uso de órganos y células de cerdos quiméricos, a través de la biotecnología de edición de genes CRISPER/CAS9, que permite insertar genes de cerdo en células humanas vivas. En un enfrentamiento mortal culminante, Jack debe enfrentarse a Zhao, el megalómano dispuesto a arriesgar el destino del mundo para perseguir sus intereses comerciales, si quiere salvar el futuro de la medicina.
Description
The explosive new medical thriller from New York Times-bestselling author Robin Cook. After a young, seemingly healthy woman collapses suddenly on the NYC subway and dies by the time she reaches the hospital, her case is initially chalked up to a virulent strain of influenza. That is, until she ends up on Dr. Jack Stapleton's autopsy table, where Jack discovers something eerily fishy: First, that the young woman has had a heart transplant, and second, that her DNA matches that of the transplanted heart. Strangely, two more incidences of young people with this same sudden and rapid illness follow, and Jack fears that this could be the start of an unprecedented pandemic. But the facts aren't adding up. Something is off about these cases, something creepy, and only Jack can figure it out before it's too late. Thus begins a race against time, during which Jack unveils the dark underbelly of the organ-transplant market. His name is Bui Zhao, a businessman and hospital board member who has been cheating the system by using organs and cells from chimeric pigs, via the gene-editing biotechnology CRISPER/CAS9, which allows pig genes to be inserted into living human cells. In a climactic mortal showdown, Jack must face Zhao, the megalomaniac willing to risk the fate of the world to pursue his commercial interests, if he wants to save the future of medicine.
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Text in Spanish, translated from the English.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Cook, R., & Bach, M. (2022). Pandemia (Primera edición.). Plaza Janés.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Cook, Robin, 1940- and Mauricio Bach. 2022. Pandemia. Plaza Janés.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Cook, Robin, 1940- and Mauricio Bach. Pandemia Plaza Janés, 2022.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Cook, Robin, and Mauricio Bach. Pandemia Primera edición., Plaza Janés, 2022.

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