"Chris Lawson - Written in Blood" - читать интересную книгу автора (Lawson Chris)

the bodyтАЩs natural commands and they tell ribosomes when to stop making
a protein. It only cost three spots and there were plenty to spare, so they
stayed in.тАЭ

My father asked, тАЬDo you have an English translation?тАЭ

тАЬYour daughter is looking at the crib sheet for the English language,тАЭ
the old man explained, тАЬand there are other texts one can write, but not the
QurтАЩan.тАЭ

Thinking rapidly, Da said, тАЬBut you could write the QurтАЩan in English?тАЭ

тАЬIf I wanted to pursue secular causes, I could do that,тАЭ the old man
said. тАЬBut I have all the secular things I need. I have copyrighted crib
sheets for all the common alphabets, and I make a profit on them. For the
QurтАЩan, however, trans-lations are not acceptable. Only the original words of
Mohammed can be trusted. It is one thing for dhimmis to translate it for
their own curiosity, but if you are a true believer you must read the word of
God in its unsullied form.тАЭ

Da stared at the man. The old man had just claimed that millions of
Muslims were false believers because they could not read the original
QurтАЩan. Da shook his head and let the matter go. There were plenty of
imams who would agree with the old man.

тАЬWhat is the success rate of the inoculation?тАЭ

тАЬNinety-five percent of my trial subjects had identifiable QurтАЩan text in
their blood after two weeks, although I cannot guarantee that the entire text
survived the insertion in all of those subjects. No peer-reviewed journal
would accept the paper.тАЭ He handed my father a copy of an article from
Modern Gene Techniques. тАЬNot because the science is poor, as you will
see for yourself, but because Islam scares them.тАЭ

Da looked serious. тАЬHow much are you charging for this?тАЭ

тАЬAha! The essential question. I would dearly love to give it away, but
even a king would grow poor if he gave a grain of rice to every hungry man.
I ask enough to cover my costs, and no haggling. It is a hundred U.S.
dollars or equivalent.тАЭ

Da looked into the dusty sky, thinking. тАЬI am puzzled,тАЭ he said at last.
тАЬThe QurтАЩan has one hundred and fourteen suras, which comes to tens of
thousands of words. Yet the adeno-associated virus is quite small. Surely it
canтАЩt all fit inside the viral coat?тАЭ

At this the old man nodded. тАЬI see you are truly a man of wisdom. It is
a patented secret, but I suppose that someday a greedy industrialist will lay
hands on my virus and sequence the genome. So, I will tell you on the
condition that it goes no further than this stall.тАЭ