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The Gilgamesh Project Continued from page 29 tently confirming what they did not let me eliminated by having everyone take one have time to confirm in the lah nill dailv? What would hannen to our tently confirming what they did not let me have time to confirm in the lab. If the goal of the powers that be was to marginalise me, then they have succeeded, at least for the time being—I am unem- ployable and my life has been reduced to financial ruin. I have pursued education in other fields. I am currently attempting to pursue my research privately since it remains patentable. I have made arrange- ments that all proprietary details of the research be made public in the event of my untimely demise, although I believe that my tormentors have been quite happy keeping me jobless and impoverished. Since becoming an avid NEXUS reader a couple of years ago, I have interpreted my plight in a different light and have begun to ask questions that would never have occurred to me in medical school. Up until recently, I have operated under the naive premise that the purpose of the health care industry was to eliminate disease and pro- mote human well being. NEXUS readers know better. I leave readers with the fol- lowing questions and welcome feedback: What would the implications be for the health care juggernaut if most illnesses associated with advancing age could be eliminated by having everyone take one pill daily? What would happen to our beleaguered social security system if the human life span could be doubled? What would be the impact on organised religion if one of the two certainties of life—i.e. death—was no longer a certainty? oo Since I cannot show that this was any- thing but a natural occurrence, I leave it to the reader to decide. After his death, the hospital where he was employed no longer funded my project citing "other priorities". When all is said and done, what are we to make of all this? Was I the target of industrial espionage? If so, they got noth- ing, as I have always made a point of carry- ing my lab notebooks with me at all times and even my faculty advisor was not made privy to the chemical formulas of the com- pounds that I was developing. Was this something entirely different? Was it an attempt to simply quash my research? If so, did this involve only offi- cials at the medical school or did it go higher? What could have evoked such a concerted hate campaign against, of all people, a lowly medical student? Did "they" know something about the direction and ramifications of my research that even I did not know at the time? Given the vitriol directed against me, I cannot help but think that I am on the right track—to something. I suppose that I should thank my tormentors for inadver- About the Author: Andrew Sokar is a biologist who lives in the Midwestern US. He has a Bachelor of Science, majoring in biology and a master's degree in political science with a specialisa- tion in internatinal trade, for which he grad- uated with high distinction. He continues to pursue his research independently, espe- cially into the over-the-counter applications for his rejuvenation technology. He wel- comes correspondence at: slowsubversion@yahoo.com. Endnotes 1. Walter Pierpaoli, William Regelson and Carol Colman, 1995, The Melatonin Miracle, Pocket Books, New York. See also William Regelson and Carol Colman, 1996, The Superhormone Promise, Pocket Books, New York 2. N.K. Sanders, 1972, The Epic of Gilgamesh, Penguin, London JUNE — JULY 2005 NEXUS +77 www.nexusmagazine.com