ASU researcher may have discovered key to life before its origin...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences  Wed, 02/27/2008 - 23:00

An important discovery has been made with respect to the mystery of "handedness" in biomolecules. Researchers led by Sandra Pizzarello, a research professor at Arizona State University, found that some of the possible abiotic precursors to the origin of life on Earth have been shown to carry "handedness" in a larger number than previously thought.

The work is being published in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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