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Mirror life is a scientific fantasy leading to a dangerous reality. How mirror bacteria could conquer life on Earth (phys.org)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I read about it a while ago. Apparently, right-chiradial proteins can't produce some molecules the left ones can or react entirely different. I guess lc was just more practical?

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