Krikes! I have to get ready for work now....
Alright, very quickly before I have to get ready to go to work... here is the summation of my sleuthing on the Optical Isomer J19 - Valine. . .
My basic chemistry course taught me that an isomer is a variant on a molecule where the same atoms are present, but they are arranged in different forms. There are rules, based upon the number of atoms and the possible arrangements, to determine how many isomers are possible.
Further research has led me to understand that an optical isomer is an isomer of a molecule that cannot be over-layed on itself, rather it is a MIRROR IMAGE of the molecule. Same configuration, same angles, etc... they are just opposites... for more on this go here:
http://www.creative-chemistry.org.uk/mo ... ptical.htm
I have also found various links between the Valine J19 isomer and HIV type-I. Interesting, considering the sinister impression that I get from the Facility J footage.
There is also a great link between Valine and sickle cell disease. Valine is apparently the amino acid that bonds with the hemoglobin and is the causal factor of sickle cell disease... There is a HUGE correlation between sickle cell disease and genetic research. I believe that one of the first known links between genetics and disease was sickle cell anemia. Interesting. Facility J.
I have to go get ready for work now... wish I had time to go back and revisit the discovery that DB made in the warehouse, where he found possible evidence regarding the substance that Bree's "parents" were injecting her with.
Happy sleuthing... I'll check in when I get home (LATE!).
shaydaims (on the case!)
Oh yeah... one more thing. Maybe I'm taking this all too literally... there are some distinct connections that can be made between the idea of an 'optical isomer' which is a mirror image... and the lg15 series. Cassie anyone?