Review: Loved this story!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 7, 2011
David Gaughran has a talent for packing a lot of punch into limited space.  In this short story, TRANSFECTION, the question of genetically modified food is taken on in an age when vegetarians and vegans are the norm rather than the exception, especially when medical researchers announce that animals that were fed exclusively with genetically modified feed were six times as likely to develop cancer than those fed organic foods.The new findings meant that Dr.Carl Peters and his assistant, Jim Glover and the rest of his staff would be receiving money at the university where they would do research in order to find a correction for the problem, and also that the price of shares in GM foods would take a nosedive and food prices would go up.Since Dr. Peters' marriage had fallen apart, and he was always interested in the unconventional anyway, he and his assistant began working with genetically modified plant experiments.  Steakhouses were out and vegan was in.  However, what happens when Dr. Peters starts his work with plants will be shocking and will lead to his, and only his, downfall.This is quite a well-crafted story.  The creativity and originality of the plot and the character of Dr. Peters drives the story so well that I couldn't put it down.  Readers will be very surprised with the ending, and I encourage reading this story.  I highly recommend it.