A new study by Tel Aviv University reveals how bacterial defense mechanisms can be neutralized, enabling the efficient ...

"Mirror bacteria" being developed ... ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS The direction of a molecule, such as the proteins in our body, is known as its chirality. All DNA and RNA found in all Earth ...

What would make this so risky is that life on Earth has only evolved to deal with one shape of molecule ... by mirror bacteria.' Life on Earth has evolved to have right-handed DNA and left ...

“Mirror bacteria” could evade people’s immune systems, they suggest, causing deadly infections. Such infections could also lead to a substantial proportion of plant and animal species being displaced, ...

"Mirror bacteria" could evade people's immune systems ... while sugars are right-handed. The DNA molecule is a right-handed screw thread. This selective chirality defines how molecules interact ...

DNA-like molecule designed to mimic patterns found in bacterial DNA called CpG oligodeoxynucleotide, or CpG ODN. "He tested this idea in cell cultures, finding that CpG ODNs function through a ...

Researchers found evidence that early versions of syphilis-causing bacteria existed in the Americas long before the arrival of Columbus Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent The first historical ...

The specific “handedness” of a molecule allows it to interact in ... but a synthesized “left-handed” DNA instead. Although the capability to create organisms or bacteria that utilize mirror molecules ...

In this study, the team created a collection of bacterial mutants to help them understand how a new type of antimicrobial molecule ... this technique does not cut DNA, but instead reduces the ...

Upon reflection… A group of scientists have warned against the development of mirror bacteria in a report published in the ...