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Argonne chemist Richard Rosenberg examines source material for an experiment to induce chirality into pre-biological systems at the Advanced Photon Source  

Argonne scientists discover possible mechanism for creating 'handedness' in biological molecules

The basic molecules that make up the essence of life have a predetermined chirality, similar to the way people are right or left handed. Scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered a way to induce this "handedness" in pre-biological molecules. More...

 

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