3H Book Review(I)

Title: Next
Author: Michael Crichton

Recently, despite all the workloads that I have, I managed to indulge myself reading a story book as mentioned above. It had been quite sometimes for me to read again after The Baby Trail by Sinead Moriarty and a long list of scientific journals. This book is awesome (7/10) since it is related to my working background. The story is a kind of exaggerating when it comes to genetic application (what do you expect..ini Michael Chrichton lah..penulis cerita Jurassic Park tu).

To sum up, the story circulated around the issues of
- what it would be if the cells or genes can be owned (dalam cerita ni best..)
- manipulation of DNA recombinant products - the core plot (monyet, parrot, etc.. boleh bercakap..tu yang tak tahan tu..)
- enzymatic uses (entah apa2 protein code la dia guna..anyway, it's fiction..sukati si crichton la kan)
- manipulation of patenting process (dalam cerita ni, judge terpaksa ambik satu hari nak fikir pasal nak tarik balik ke tak ownership of the cells)

The casts:
-The villains: University's professor, The boss(es) of the biotech. companies, all the big guns, etc..
-The mangsa: The daughter and grandson of the cells' owner
-The opportunist: The man of his own cells (at the end)
-The pencacai: The middle man aka chaser of the cells

Points to ponder:
- ada orang complain dalam wikepidia, M. C. tak sepatutnya guna wording Proteonomics..sepatutnya Proteomics la beb (itu awal-awal lagi I dah detect..siap komplen kat my husband lagi). Ye la..kalau proteonomics tu dah maksud lain pulak protein+genomic+genomic? Apa hal pulakkan. Ke protein +economics..ha..ha..)

-watak dalam cerita ni ramai yang amat..sesiapa nak baca...pandai-pandailah. sebab tu I mentioned the main casts kat atas ni

-best cerita ni sebab boleh berangan jadi kaya kalau ambik biotech ..eleh ni kat US je lah..takkan terjadi kat M'sia punya (tak baca buku ni pun dah berangan mat jenin)

-ikut cerita ni FDA yang control segala-gala..hmm..kalau betullah..sampai the end of the world kita tak boleh nak market kan drug sendiri

Note to my hubby:
TQ for introducing this book. Next book review..your turn!