Tyndall, Alan: - Alan Tyndall, retired professor of medicine from the University of Basel Switzerland, is a pioneer in the use of stem cell therapy in autoimmune diseases with over 100 publications and textbook chapters on the subject. His non-medical interests include evolution, consciousness research, entomology, climate change, astronomy and literature. His longstanding ambition was to write a page turning bio-thriller with the aim of entertaining and informing the lay reader, while at the same time stimulating an awareness of critical issues affecting life on our unique and fragile planet.