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"Luke Abramson, a brilliant cellular biologist who is battling lung cancer, has one joy in life, his ten-year-old granddaughter, Angela. When he learns that Angela has an inoperable brain tumor and is given less than six months to live, Abramson wants to try a new enzyme, Mortality Factor 4 (MO...

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Main Author: Bova, Ben, 1932-2020 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Tor, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:

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