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This book takes as subject a possible medical breakthrough, as reported in the May 2010 issue of Scientific American. According to initial findings, it may be possible to grow stem cells (from which replacement organs can be grown) from ordinary adult cells, rather than just from embryo cells. This would free present research from a major hindrance by those who attach religious significance to embryos. Of course, any breakthrough means huge monetary potential in a profit-based health care system.

The book opens with an American MD Research startup CEO taking part in a break-in of a Kyoto University Lab. to steal lab books that the University had confiscated from a Japanese researcher, whom had been hired by the American company because he had developed and proven a stem cell process. The problem was that to start his company, the American doctor had to raise money from what turned out to be the New York mafia, allied with the Japanese mafia.

From there the story takes many turns, bringing in finally our favorite corpse-cutters, Drs. Laurie and Jack Stapleton (who have become family to this avid Cook reader), and some of the mafia thugs from the book "Critical". Also appearing in a starring role is Laurie and Jack's 1½ year old son, who is kidnapped in an attempt to discourage Laurie from finding out that the natural death of the Japanese researcher was actually murder, and a mafia hit.

Enter a couple of ex-special forces contractors ("kidnap consultants"), who go to work at whirlwind speed, raiding the mafia boss's house, and getting the kid back safe, and all is well that ends well.

The ending however, is an epilogue that Dr. Cook uses to expound on some of his concerns about how health care is being practiced these days for profit instead of for humanity. While I agree with him, this provides something of anti-climax to an otherwise exciting book - minus one star. Dr. Cook remains still one of my favorite diversions, providing many interesting facts along with the entertainment.


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Cure Robin Cook 9780399156625 Books Reviews

I usually love Cook’s books but the first half of the book was confusing with all strange names and explanations. The core people didn’t really come in until the middle of the book.
Also love his medical thrillers.
CURE is one of Robin Cook's most suspenseful reads. It has everything -- the familiar characters fans have come to love, a double-dose of the Mafia (both US and Japanese) and a story-line that grabs the reader and doesn't let go. It includes a powerful ending with an Amber alert and a case-study of how to successfully end the kidnapping of an infant. Highly recommended. You will not be disappointed.
A good look in to workings of (CDC), ,Center for Disease Control, how and why it functions. Marrissa, a budding virologist at nthe CDC, exposes herself to extreme danger while searching foir the source of an EBOLA outbreak, one of the deadliest virusis on the planet. This is a thriller that is difficult to put down. One of Robin Cooks best.

George Ziff
For years, I have been a devoted Robin Cook fan. The Jack and Laurie novels have been good reads, up until I got this one. The writing is still good, but not his usual action packed and intelligent style. Laurie and Jack do not communicate much, and Jack seems to be using work to avoid the stress of his home life. The flow of the story is inconsistent and it does not have the author's usual; sharp and intelligent dialog.
I normally love Robin Cook's medical thrillers, but this one, so full of Japanese names and words I can't pronounce and don't even want to deal with, is so boring so far I can't even get into it. In fact, I actually skipped almost all of the prologue because it was putting me to sleep, and I just wanted to get to chapter one and Dr. Laura Montgomery.

So far I'm barely into the first chapter and keep putting the book down out of boredom. All I care about are the medical aspects of his novels, and this one is a major disappointment so far.

Organized crime and turf wars aren't my thing and in my opinion they ruin this book

Had I borrowed this book from the library rather than having bought the hardcover, I wouldn't even read any further.

I cannot recommend this book.
I haven't read Robin Cook since Coma, and won't again after this. It's surprising that an author so prolific who has written for so long could still write with such drudgery and plodding detail. The prose is absolutely plodding, with unnecessarily repeated phrases and explanations and far too many points of view to allow the reader to keep track of the characters. Oddly, even with all those POVs, the characters sound alike; their dialogue all sounds the same, from a Yakuza "psycho" to a Mafia capo to a New York cop to a well-educated medical examiner. Many obvious things are pointed out with painful pedestrian devices and it's tough to stay interested. I'm about halfway through the book and staying with it only to see if it gets better, which at this point I know it won't. Only extreme masochism can explain my actions, but perhaps there's enough literary skill to make me want to find out how it ends. Hence the single star.
This book takes as subject a possible medical breakthrough, as reported in the May 2010 issue of Scientific American. According to initial findings, it may be possible to grow stem cells (from which replacement organs can be grown) from ordinary adult cells, rather than just from embryo cells. This would free present research from a major hindrance by those who attach religious significance to embryos. Of course, any breakthrough means huge monetary potential in a profit-based health care system.

The book opens with an American MD Research startup CEO taking part in a break-in of a Kyoto University Lab. to steal lab books that the University had confiscated from a Japanese researcher, whom had been hired by the American company because he had developed and proven a stem cell process. The problem was that to start his company, the American doctor had to raise money from what turned out to be the New York mafia, allied with the Japanese mafia.

From there the story takes many turns, bringing in finally our favorite corpse-cutters, Drs. Laurie and Jack Stapleton (who have become family to this avid Cook reader), and some of the mafia thugs from the book "Critical". Also appearing in a starring role is Laurie and Jack's 1½ year old son, who is kidnapped in an attempt to discourage Laurie from finding out that the natural death of the Japanese researcher was actually murder, and a mafia hit.

Enter a couple of ex-special forces contractors ("kidnap consultants"), who go to work at whirlwind speed, raiding the mafia boss's house, and getting the kid back safe, and all is well that ends well.

The ending however, is an epilogue that Dr. Cook uses to expound on some of his concerns about how health care is being practiced these days for profit instead of for humanity. While I agree with him, this provides something of anti-climax to an otherwise exciting book - minus one star. Dr. Cook remains still one of my favorite diversions, providing many interesting facts along with the entertainment.