Table of Contents

1. Special Delivery 2. The Seed that Took 3. HeLagram 4. Out of Thin Air 5. In the Purple Palace 6. Keeper of the Cells 7. Mug Shots 8. Spreading the Word 9. Damage Report 10. Provenance 11. Another Run-in with Relda 12. Showdown 13. Even the Best of Labs 14. The Little Dutch Boy 15. Battle Fatigue 16. Legacy 17. Epilogue Acknowledgments Sources Index

About the Author

Michael Gold has been a writer and editor at the award-winning magazine Science 85.

Reviews

"A Conspiracy of Cells is a good read and gives a glimpse into the human side of research and the nasty surprises nature can conjure up." -- James Hicks, Science 85 "An outstanding science reporter, Michael Gold looks beyond the cold precision of science to the human side, and exposes its weaknesses. He makes it all too clear that even scientists are only human." -- Margo Crabtree, Science Digest "Conspiracy is a dazzlingly readable and chilling thriller by a thorough investigate reporter... From page one, the reader is drawn deeply into the horror story of how one dead woman's terribly virulent cervical cancer cells have adversely affected the 'war on cancer.' " -- Kathleen Johnston, Science Books & Films