Blood Music - Greg Bear (Short Story)

"Blood Music" by Greg Bear Genre: Science fiction Original publication: Analog Science Fact and Fiction, June 1983 Synopsis: Renegade biotechnologist Vergil Ulam creates simple biological computers based on his own lymphocytes. Faced with orders from his nervous employer to destroy his work, he injects them into his own body, intending to smuggle the "noocytes" (as he calls them) out of the company and work on them elsewhere.