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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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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days 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?