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CHIMERA CONFLICT, A BOSTON BRAIN IN A UYGHUR BODY IBD

ROBERT WILSON MORGAN
06 / 2022
9798985224832
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Sinopsis

Slowly waking from his coma, strange sensations bombard Roger Scully, MD. Hissing noises and, flashing lights. A foreign language he partially understands. Mandarin?áHis hospital wrist band identifies him as Wu Zicheng. He does not recognize his bearded Asian face. What happened?ááááááááááááHis brain now functions in a UyghurâÇÖs body. áAfter rehabilitation, he settles into life as a Chinese surgeon, living with Lushan Zhao, a medical student.áWuâÇÖs arrest as a Uyghur exacerbates RogerâÇÖs severe identity conflict. Is he American in a Chinese body or Chinese with an American brain?áRoger (aka Wu Zicheng) accepts an offer to address a Florida conference. áThere, áthe University of Colorado recruits him to a new institute.áStudents protest his hiring as an example of Chinese exploitation of Uyghurs as organ donors. áRoger enters into an intense relationship with Jessica, the governorâÇÖs daughter. Genetic investigation reveals Roger to be a true chimera, demonstrating both original and donor DNA áin various organs and semen. áWhen Covid interferes, he and Jessica flee to her mountain ski cabin. He begins writing his memoir of a chimera. The Colorado medical board informs him that he is an imposter-they have the Chinese death certificate of Roger Scully.

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