

Daniel Lowell, inventor of the technique that will take stem cell research to the next level, sees a roadblock positioned before his biotech startup. When he's called to chair a subcommittee introducing legislation to ban new cloning technology, the senator views his political future in bold relief and Dr. Senator Ashley Butler is a quintessential Southern demagogue whose support of traditional American values includes a knee-jerk reaction against virtually all biotechnologies. In November 2004 it appeared on the paperback best seller list. It remained on the best seller list for three weeks.

It debuted at Number 6 on The New York Times Best Seller list on August 3, 2003. Seizure is a 2003 novel by American author Robin Cook which explores the concerns raised by advances in therapeutic cloning.
