Every Lab Coat Tells A Story

Book excerpt: Dankraksha Dental Clinic becomes a point of contact for many mouth cancer patients, including Mr. Bhatt, who is counting his blessings and expressing his distress to Dr. Chatterjee, BDS. Travis, on the other hand, is trying to impress Biyu, his new classmate, who unknowingly has similar problems as Travis (they both hate socializing-sshhh!). Will their secret help them overcome their fears or create some more? Meanwhile, Ahreen Abdella experiences a unique ayurvedic massage, which comes with the inclusion of a masseuse who happens to share information about brain fluids and sleep. Ahreen, the sleep-ridden writer, explores this opportunity to learn about her body and mind while getting a full-body massage. A commotion is caused at St. Theresa’s Hospital since Marcus Bezebah, the famous athlete, becomes a celebrity patient suffering from a genetic condition. Intern Gertrude is trying to impress the senior cardiologist, Dr. Sam and Brian (her nemesis), by showing-off her knowledge about the gene-editing technology, CRISPR-Cas9. However, little are the doctors aware of the secret experiments conducted under their nose, using CRISPR-Cas9.