Talk:Chromosome 6 (novel)

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Chromosome 6 - this story develops in two places…

In one place, Dr. Kevin Marshall, a molecular biologist and researcher, discovers a way to reduce the rejection rate to zero through genetic engineering. It is a process of extracting a chromosome from a human body and transferring it in apes, not in humans. That ape then gives birth to the genetic twin of the human resulting in an animal double called, Bonobo's  whose organs are available for  harvest. The process is illegal, immoral in the eyes of animal rights activists, and highly attractive to sick people with lots of money.

A very large bio-tech company with its main facilities in Equatorial Africa begins to recruit doctors who refer patients in need or organ transplants. The process is private, illegal, hush-hush, guarded, and also very dangerous. Some of the patients also include members of organized crime. The Bonobo's are kept segregated and are guarded on a small island off the coast of Boto, where the laboratory and hospital are located.

When Dr. Marshall sees smoke on the Bonobo island, he begins to suspect that some thing is wrong. He wonders if he might have overstepped his bounds and made a mistake bridging the evolutionary gap between man and ape. Together with one of the intensive care nurses and a laboratory technician, they set out to the heavily guarded island to observe the Bonobos. What they find not only scares them, but convinces them they must stop doing the transplants.

In the meanwhile, a notorious Mafia underworld leader, Franconi is murdered. His Mafia competitors are among the suspects. The suspicion increases when the body disappears from the morgue before autopsy is carried out. Medical examiner Jack and his colleague Dr Montgomery are puzzled by the case. Then arrives a mutilated and unidentifiable body that is found in the river.

The two doctors are disturbed by the appearance of the body---the head, hands and feet are missing. Then they discover that almost all of the liver is also missing from the body  (if it can be thus called). Jack detects a liver transplant. DNA tests show that the liver is a perfect genetic match -- so how can it be a transplant?

The plot is now fixed as of year 2014

I would be bold and change it, however I have never read the book, and Im sure that this article may as well not exist if the plot is removed - could someone who's got the info actually update the plot on this? Ashashashashash (talk) 23:35, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

I am 100 percent sure this article has the wrong plot. I read this book and it has nothing to do with vampires. Jack Stapleton works in a morgue, he notices bugs on one of the bodies. After doing research, they find the bugs come from Bonobos. This leads them to New Guinea where they uncover a genetic experiment where scientists are mixing Bonobo and Human DNA to create a chimera of the two. The creature created is then used for organ transplants. This is completely different from the plot in the article!! I'm new to Wikipedia so I don't really know how to work this site well or I would change this horridly wrong article myself. AshMcLeo (talk) 04:38, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Vandals
Apparently some kids had to read this book for school, and now they're vandalizing this page. I threw warning level 1 up on one of the IP talk pages, for what it's worth. --Thomas B&#9816; talk 02:47, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

(I actually thought the I Am Bonobo parody was pretty nice, but sticking "a really lame book" in a sentence without even preserving grammar? C'mon, if you kids can't do better than that then why do you expect to read anything good?) --Thomas B&#9816; talk 02:49, 3 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Officially, 72.130.70.15 has been warned twice, and 70.123.136.248 has been warned once. Do we count this as three or just two of four warnings before promoting it to counter-vandalism? --Thomas B&#9816; talk 03:10, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Elevated to Sockpuppet investigation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by User6985 (talk • contribs) 17:52, 5 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Sockpuppet denied. Requesting semi-protection. This might be denied, as the frequency of vandalism is periodic. --Thomas B&#9816; talk 22:30, 7 April 2009 (UTC)