Chief: Meredith… I would like to initiate a clinical trial. One that would be the next major advancement in the fight to cure type 1 diabetes.
Meredith: Wow.
Chief: And I’d like you to participate.
Meredith: But I am on Derek’s Alzheimer’s trial, so I don’t think I can do both.
Derek: Just listen.
Chief: The basis of this trial was something that I found in here.
Meredith: In my mother’s journals?
Chief: Yes. She was working on islet cell transplantation when she became ill, trying to eliminate the need for anti-rejection meds altogether. W-with her notes, drugs, and new technology, there’s no way we can’t take this the rest of the way down the field.
Meredith: We?
Chief: Well, it’s your mother’s work. I wouldn’t feel right moving forward if you weren’t a part of it.
Derek: You should look at them both. Just think about it. It’s your decision.
Chief: It’s your birthright, Meredith. It’s your mother’s legacy to you.

Grey’s Anatomy |7x14| P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)