So-called mirror cells could rampage through our ecosystems, food supply and immune systems, experts say, potentially without ...

THE non-enzymatic asymmetric synthesis of α-amino-acids has long been of considerable stereochemical interest. However, the method of catalytic hydrogenation is the only one appearing in the ...

Scientists have been engineering “mirror life” by changing the chirality of life’s building blocks. Now, it's time to set ...

While the technology to create these organisms is still years away, many are worried about the impact of mirror bacteria.

“Mirror bacteria” could evade people’s immune systems, they suggest, causing deadly infections. Such infections could also ...

All DNA and RNA found in all Earth life forms are made from "right-handed" molecules, while proteins are made from nearly entirely "left-handed" amino acids. The chirality of a molecule can ...

They have what is called structural asymmetry, or chirality, which means that they can have alternative, mirror-image versions similar to left and right versions of a human hand. DNA and RNA are made ...