Applying the same determination that lifted her from a humble background as the daughter of immigrants, to becoming a doctor - often the only woman in the room - she hunts down the monster where it lurks: in the blood. This discovery of hers, and an error by a competitor, catapults her closest colleague to a lead in the race. When his chance to win comes on a worldwide scale, she is asked to sink or validate his vaccine - and to decide what is forgivable, and how much should be sacrificed, in pursuit of the cure.
