From Booklist:
Cook's latest medical thriller centers around two men--Daniel Lowell, a brilliant researcher, and Ashley Butler, a powerful southern senator. Daniel and his girlfriend, Stephanie D'Agostino, are the cofounders of CURE, a medical research company, the existence of which relies heavily on biotechnology legislation that Butler is trying to block. However, he has an ulterior motive: he is suffering from Parkinson's disease and wants Daniel to treat him using cloned cells. Daniel and Stephanie are taken aback, since their procedure has yet to get FDA approval, meaning they would have to do the surgery in another country. And they're shocked to learn that Butler wants the cells taken not from a donor but from the infamous Shroud of Turin. He puts Daniel and Stephanie in contact with the unscrupulous doctors at the Wingate Clinic (last seen in Cook's previous novel, Shock [2001]) in Nassau. But before they can go to the Wingate to prepare for the procedure, Daniel and Stephanie must go to Turin, to retrieve a piece of the Shroud. Cook is at his best when focusing on fascinating, cutting-edge biotechnology procedures. Kristine Huntley

El doctor Daniel Lowell y su asistente, Stephanie, son científicos que investigan en el campo de la biotecnología celular. Están desarrollando una posible cura para enfermedades como Alzheimer, Parkinson o diabetes. La investigación se basa en trasplantar células sanas para alterar el ADN de las células enfermas. Los experimentos que realizan con ratones dan muchas esperanzas de éxito y el próximo paso es experimentar con humanos.
El trabajo de Lowell se ve totalmente paralizado y la empresa que le financia retirará todos los fondos si la ley se aprueba. Estará arruinado. Pero, de repente, el senador Ashley le cita en secreto para confesarle que él sufre Parkinson, lo cual implica el final de su carrear política. Quiere probar el nuevo tratamiento de Lowell y, si funciona, promete apoyar su investigación. Ashley también le hace una exigencia inesperada: las células que usen para el trasplante han de proceder de la Sábana Santa.
Conseguir unos fragmentos de hilo del sudario será toda una aventura y un fascinante argumento secundario.

I enjoyed the parallel relationships between Stephanie's father-Daniel, Stephanie-Senator's Asst. I also liked that the Senator didn't become completely docile or die in the end. A lot of girl power in the story. ( )

I mistook Robin Cook for Michael Palmer and ended up grabbing this gem off the New Books cart at the library. The concept was promising, but the plot was poorly executed. In terms of the writing, here's a sample quote that pretty much says it all: "...Stephanie put her arms around Daniel. Her dark eyes stared up into his blue orbs." From then on, my roommate no longer had blue eyes. He now has blue orbs. And that inside joke is about the best thing I got out of this book. ( )

I've been a big fan of Robin Cook for years but this is one book I could have done without. First, I didn't realize that I should have read "Shock" before I read this one so I'll just recommend that if you are going to read "Seizure", read "Shock" first.

If Robin Cook's mission is to convince us that anyone doing research into cloning or infertility issues or genetic therapies is evil, he does a good job of it with this book. There are absolutely no good guys. There is no one to root for.

A researcher working on a new "therapeutic cloning" process is blackmailed into using a senator as a guinea pig of his process in order to keep a bill making his process illegal from being introduced into the Senate. From there the story involves the Boston Mafia and the Shroud of Turin. Sound ridiculous? It is. What's missing is the action. I'm use to Robin Cook heroes working against an evil enemy to expose truth and a lot of heart-pumping action is involved. Here, the characters just go about their business and then it ends.

Quite disappointing for a fan of "Coma". ( )