The Lazarus Effect Page #4

continues to create new neural pathways

at an unprecedented and alarming rate.

Jesus! Oh, my God,

you scared the sh*t out of me.

You coming to bed?

Yeah, I'm kind of in the middle

of something. I'll be there in a minute.

OK.

What the hell is going on here?

Dr. Walton,

can you hold on for a second?

- Uh, yeah.

- I'll meet you downstairs.

Sure.

The dean needs to talk to you.

Honestly, did you for one second

consider the implications of this?

Eighty-three percent of our student body

identify as religious.

You throw in the alumni donors,

that number's more like 90 percent.

Don't play the religious card.

This has nothing to do with religion.

You were the one who decided

to do an unsanctioned experiment,

in direct violation of the Review Board

and the grant agreement

which you signed.

Which says, you were

going to "study new methods

of arresting neural decay

in coma patients."

Yes, exactly! That is how it started.

But how do you think that penicillin

was discovered? Or Teflon?

Or even Coca-Cola, for that matter?

Accidents that happen in the lab.

Accidents that lead

to new lines of inquiry.

You are a doctor, you understand

how science works. It's by adapting.

You're not adapting. You are playing God

with a bunch of dead animals.

You had to know this was coming.

How do you know all this?

No way you could've known

about those animal trials.

We have the right to review any material

that's posted to our server,

- including video footage.

- Bullshit.

Somebody fed this to you, specifically

to get this project shut down.

Was it one of your big pharma friends?

Did somebody donate a medical wing

or a new student union?

Who was it?

Pull the hard drives,

any security key cards.

- Hey...

- Any samples.

- Any and all samples you may find.

- What is this?

- Oh, you must be Dr. McConnell.

- Yes.

It's a pleasure to meet you.

I've been a fan of your work.

Effective immediately,

all research material

is considered

the sole intellectual property

of Crylonis Pharmaceutical

and its subsidiaries.

- Stop. What?

- Hey, that's personal property, man!

I don't understand.

We're operating under a grant

- from Werner-Goss Biotechnical.

- And as of two hours ago,

Crylonis Industries became the

principal shareholder in Werner-Goss.

- No, you can't do this.

- Pursuant to the grant agreement

signed by Frank Walton, "any violation

of IACUC Review Board standards

shall herein negate

all claims of ownership

and revert intellectual property rights

back to the holding corporation."

Which is, in this case, us.

I'm sure it must be difficult for you,

but there's an important lesson

to be learned here:

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