The Amaranth (2018)

Christopher Denham: Dr. Alan Campbell

Quotes 

• Lily Kendrick : Even with the bone marrow transplant, the best the doctors could offer is a year.

  Dr. Alan Campbell : Of course there's no way of knowing if this unfortunate outcome is a result of our process,

  Richard Kendrick : Can you help, Doctor?

  Dr. Alan Campbell : I believe so, but this kind of procedure would be something new and unorthodox, and Mia would need to live here for the course of her treatment. Given Lily's objections to our methodology in the past, well...

  Lily Kendrick : [pause]  That won't be a problem.

• Lily Kendrick : What is this place?

  Dr. Alan Campbell : You see, Lily, the problem with traditional medicine is you can place a young organ in an old body, but without support from the other systems, well, it's a stop-gap measure, at best. But if you add transplantation from endocrine systems and heterochronic parabiosis, if you get down to a cellular level, you can extend life, healthy life, indefinitely.

  Lily Kendrick : Does everybody know about this?

  [turns to Richard] 

  Lily Kendrick : Everybody except *me*?

  Dr. Alan Campbell : No, although, every member, when faced with saving their own life or the life of their partner...

  Lily Kendrick : [realizing]  Richard's heart surgery.

  Dr. Alan Campbell : Last year, Arthur's mother and sister were among a group of women who were kidnapped from his village. Arthur knew about our work here and he came to me, we negotiated a price. Your husband paid that price.

  Lily Kendrick : The yellow pills.

  Dr. Alan Campbell : An immuno-suppressant. We still have to prevent organ rejection the old fashioned way, but we are making progress. I've found that transplants from living hosts reduce the number of maintenance medications immensely.

  Lily Kendrick : You're stealing organs!

  Dr. Alan Campbell : [chuckles]  Purchasing.