Will the transplanted heart from an angry donor turn a dedicated scientist into a bioterrorist? Wherein Lies the Human Soul? PARK CITY, Utah , Aug. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Decades ago, author/physician Beverly Hurwitz witnessed stunning changes in a patient whose life had been saved by a liver transplant. Transplant patients' experiences of alien emotions have mostly been attributed to the side effects of the medications that help ward off rejection of the donor organ.
But as transplant medicine has grown, increasing numbers of organ recipients are reporting the development of feelings, preferences, and sometimes memories that are not their own. Is the brain the only seat of consciousness? Could it be that our souls reside in the DNA of all of our cells? The Tale of a Transplanted Heart pulls the curtain back on a research laboratory where scientists seek ways to protect humanity from deadly diseases by manipulating the DNA of dangerous germs. The story follows the life of an internationally acclaimed researcher who studies the advanced immunologic defenses of bats, but who becomes a threat to his own lab after receiving a donor heart.
This story also exposes the darker side of such research: cutthroat competition for funding, unenforced lab regulations, lab accidents, and the potential creation of biologic weaponry. Will we ever really know if the germ that caused the COVID pandemic emerged spontaneously in nature, or was it created in a lab? And if COVID was a designer viru.