John Miles, James Cook University (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

James Cook University

John Miles, James Cook University (1 of 2)

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To build their prototype synthetic vaccine, the team used D-amino acids -- mirror images of the L-amino acids that are the building blocks of all proteins.

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Romy Bullerjahn

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