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Chirality Could Kill Us All, If We Let It
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- M95D 2y agoA completely "mirrored" organism is not that dangerous. - It would still have antigenic properties, just not the ones we are familiar with. - It can't eat any ordinary food. Common proteins and sugars won't fit it's enzymes. It also means it can't attack our tissues. - It's "mirrored" toxins won't have any effect on us. (But compounds that are normally benign could become toxic if "mirrored".)