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THE MIRACLE OF HORMONES

This is such a flaw-
lessly created system
Say: "Am I to desire other
that the mechanism
than God as Lord when
formed from the three-
fold union of testoster- He is the Lord of all
one-enzyme-receptor things?" What each self
finds the place allotted earns is for itself alone.
to it from among the
No burden-bearer can
numberless data codes
bear another's burden.
contained in the DNA
Then you will return to
and, on the basis of this
your Lord, and He will in-
information, ensures
form you regarding the
production. For exam-
ple, for the growth of things about which you
the beard, they act on differed. (Qur'an, 6: 164)
the relevant regions in
the DNAs of the hair
root cells. To lower the
voice, they act on the appropriate region in the DNAs of the vocal
cord cells.
The information given here is extremely important. Testosterone
(C H O ) is a molecule produced from carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
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atoms. How does this unconscious, lifeless thing know that the informa-
tion it needs to perform its function is located in the DNA? Even more
important, how can it find so quickly (and accurately) the few letters it is
looking for from among three billion letters (enough to fill thousands of
volumes of an encyclopedia) in the DNA? The hundreds of scientists,
who have worked for ten years with the most advanced technology on
the Human Genome Project, are only today able to map the DNA. But
they still do not know which section of the DNA is related to which or-
gans, proteins or hormones of the human body. However, estrogen
(C H 0 ) and testosterone (C H 0 ) know this very well and have ap-
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