一种莫名其妙的变异病毒侵袭了美国某居民区,短短48小时内居民一个接一个地因大脑发炎而死亡。虽然以“瘟疫”为背景,事实上它表现的是中美两国正直的科学家奋不顾身、努力破解病毒来源、抢救垂危生命的精神。Janet Wu, the daughter of Wu Tian-Ming (China's equivalence to Steven Spielberg) partners up with Edward Shao (Executive Producer) and Derek Wan (Director) to create 22 one-hour episodes of The War of Gene based on the top-ten best seller of the same name by Chinese novelist Frank Shi. The War of Gene is a thriller that revolves around an outbreak of a deadly virus that rapidly spreads across the Los Angles area. The American biological laboratory consists of: Professor Rudy Steinbeck, the conniving Executive Secretary, Sonny, and Jim as the profiteering security officer. They team up with a Chinese molecular biologist and join forces with support from the US Military and LAPD to contain the infectious virus and save thousands of lives.