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Mirror Molecules: The Symmetry Rule Life Never Breaks
Most organic molecules have a mirror-image twin. This concept is known as chirality. Yet life only uses one chiral molecule, not the other. The reason for this asymmetry is one of the greatest mysteries of biology.
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