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Parallel Lives
By: Inder Verma
About the Book
In an amazing coincidence, three lives intersect in a race against the clock, to find a cure for a deadly brain tumor. Meanwhile, one man and his family come together in hopes of a miracle.
"Parallel Lives reads like a detective novel. There was clearly an incentive to see how it would end. As a result once I started I finished it the next day. That does not happen with all the books I read. I was impressed by the detailed medical and scientific descriptions ...."
Anton Berns, Former Director, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam.
"I was captivated by Parallel Lives and wanted to know how you would bring it to its end. You really master linking both science and medicine in a field to which you contributed a lot. Bravo for this tour de force".
Jacques Beckmann, University de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
“Once I started to read Parallel Lives, I couldn’t put it down. It reads like a novel and informs better than a text book. A wonderful mix of science, medicine, innovation, and dedication of a scientist and a doctor to find treatments for deadly disease while enrolling financiers to enable bring cures to market.”
Suresh Kumar Former US Assistant Commerce Secretary & Current Advocate for Better Healthcare Outcomes
On his 50th birthday, Graham Bunker, a high school teacher, woke up in the middle of the night with an intense headache and a general state of restlessness. In a matter of weeks, his life and that of his family will change drastically.
Yacov Kaufman, a biologist, born in Israel became the chief scientist of a biotech company in the San Francisco Bay Area. His dream job that can save the lives of thousands of people.
Rakesh Mehra, obtained his medical degree in India and trained in America as a Neuro-oncologist. His life is up ended the day Graham Bunker and his wife walk into his office. What begins as a simple exam turns into something far more dire.
Two men come together to save one man, a family and possibly hundreds in this fast-paced and moving story about the limitations and boundaries of science and medicine.
A race against the clock.
About the Author
Inder Verma is a cancer biologist who has published over four hundred peer reviewed articles in major scientific journals. Discoveries from his laboratory in the last four decades have included identification of cancer genes, animal models of lung, breast and brain cancers. He pioneered the use of viruses to deliver therapeutic genes for human gene therapy. Verma has been a founder of several biotech companies and served on numerous Scientific Advisory Boards.
(2022, hardbound, 280 pages)
