Medical Research

Over millions of years, male and female bodies developed crucial physiological differences to improve the chances for human survival. These differences have become culturally obsolete with the overturning of traditional gender roles. But they are nevertheless very real, and they go well beyond the obvious sexual and reproductive variances: Men and women differ in terms of digestion, which affects the way medications are absorbed. Sensitivity to pain is dependent on gender.

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Have we advanced so far that we have arrived full circle with the technology of ancient times? Dr. James Bartlow thinks so. Appointed by the president of the United States to head the country's first national center for live fetal-tissue research, Bartlow stumbles upon an ancient, unknown technology that he believes will open the gateway to a whole new paradigm.

I came to the lab hoping for a fresh start, a chance to escape my small-town life with the promise of a big payout. The research program was secretive, but the reward seemed too good to pass up. As soon as I arrived, the high-tech facility felt clinical, yet something in the air pulsed with a strange, sensual energy. I wasn’t sure if it was the cold, sterile halls or the way Dr. Carter, the enigmatic lead scientist, watched me with an intensity I couldn’t shake. The experiments were different than I expected. My body began to change in ways I never could have imagined—curves growing ...