The Honest Look

Author	Rohn, Jennifer
Year	2010
First published	2010
Publisher	Cold Spring Harbour: Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory Press
Number of pages	343
Edition	First UK paperback
ISBN	9781936113118
Keywords	biology, biochemistry, medicine (biomedical research), scientist main character, female scientist, commercial science, pharmaceutical industry, scientific ethics, alzheimer's/aging, FMS Library Book

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Abstract

This is an entertaining romance and scientific mystery that offers a serious look at the challenges to scientific ethics and method in the corporate work environment. Fresh out of grad school, an American cell biologist moves to Amsterdam to take a job for a start-up biotech company working on a cure for Alzheimer's. An accidental discovery in the lab turns her view of science on its head and puts her in charge of a secret that threatens to bring down an accepted scientific theory, a company, and the man she thinks she is in love with. (FMS Gaines)