It's not currently possible to create mirror bacteria, synthetic organisms in which the molecular structure found in nature is reversed. A group of 38 scientists working in nine countries has sounded ...

Using a new method, scientists are better able to distinguish between mirror-image substances. This is important amongst others in drug development, because the two variants can cause completely ...

In nature, organic molecules are either left- or right-handed, but synthesizing molecules with a specific "handedness" in a lab is hard to do. Make a drug or enzyme with the wrong "handedness," and it ...

LA JOLLA, CA—Scripps Research scientists have developed a new strategy for identifying small molecules that can change the function of proteins, offering a promising path for discovering targeted ...

A league of scientists are calling for a critical discussion on the dangers of life forms made up of 'mirror-image molecules', because of the significant risks these creations may pose to global ...

With the aid of some sea slugs, chemists have discovered that one of the smallest conceivable tweaks to a biomolecule can elicit one of the grandest conceivable consequences: directing the activation ...

Organic molecules have a property known as chirality, in which the structure can be either 'right-handed' or 'left-handed,' with one being the mirror image of the other. Llife on earth is homochiral, ...

Schematic illustration of chiral bifacial NFA, CISS effect and Application to Organic Solar Cells. Osaka, Japan – Organic solar cells are made from conductive polymers, which makes them cheap, light, ...

The central dogma of molecular biology holds that DNA gets transcribed into RNA, which then gets translated into proteins. Of course, there are exceptions—some viruses, like coronaviruses, forego DNA ...

The 2021 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to two scientists who developed new tools for building mirror-image molecules — enabling new drugs to be created in a more environmentally friendly ...

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