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Re:A new end-the-world scenario: Photosynthetic Mirror Cells by RodgerTheGreat on Sunday December 12, 2010 @02:30PM (#1997751)
A cell constructed entirely from molecules with complementary chirality[1] to that of the molecules in normal life on earth. Alternately, read the article:

  A life-form … based on mirror-image versions of earthly
  proteins and DNA.
[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirality_(chemistry)
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