02151cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000270011324500130014026400510015330000470020433600260025133700260027733800360030350000310033950800260037052012660039653400450166265300210170765300490172885600430177799900170182034321UtSlPG20260610133801.0mcr n260607r2010||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aHoover, Thomas,d1941-10aSyndrome 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2010  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2010-11-14  aProduced by Al Haines  a"Syndrome" by Thomas Hoover is a medical thriller written in the early 21st century. The story revolves around Alexa Hampton, an interior designer with a serious heart condition, who is pulled into a secretive experimental clinic promising miraculous stem cell treatments. Alongside her long-ago lover, journalist Stone Aimes, they uncover dark truths about these procedures and face horrifying consequences as they delve into a world where the quest for eternal youth leads to madness.  The opening of the book introduces Alexa as she navigates the realities of her deteriorating health and memories of personal loss, including the tragic deaths of her father and husband. Her estranged brother, Grant, unexpectedly reaches out with an urgent proposition to join a ground-breaking but risky clinical trial run by the enigmatic Winston Bartlett. Meanwhile, Stone Aimes is determined to uncover the truth about the secretive trials and their potential life-altering impacts. As the narrative unfolds, the conflict between the desire for miraculous healing and the ethical implications of stem cell research starts to take shape, setting the stage for a gripping exploration of science, morality, and personal stakes. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aSuspense fiction  aHuman experimentation in medicine -- Fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34321  c75167d75167