A group of 38 leading scientists are calling for a pause on research to create 'mirror life' - a form of artificial organism which could infect and kill all ...
Synthetic organisms cannot evolve naturally but would need to be artificially created in laboratory conditions.
Our view is that mirror bacteria and other mirror organisms should not be created.โ
Mirror bacteria constructed from mirror images of molecules found in nature could put humans, plants and animals at an 'unprecedented risk' if not managed ...
Experts have warned that 'mirror life' microbes could pose an 'unprecedented risk' and lead to a global catastrophe for life on Earth.
Mirror bacteria are synthetic lifeforms made from biological molecules that are the reverse of the ones found in natural organisms.
Nobel laureates call for an end to research into synthesising material which could evade all immune responses by all plants and animals, ...
'Mirror bacteria' could have a devastating impact on life on Earth if research into creating it continues, according to a group of scientists who have ...
"Our analysis suggests that mirror bacteria could broadly evade many immune defenses of humans, animals, and plants," according to a group of 38 scientists, ...
Leading scientists have called for any efforts to one day make "mirror bacteria" in a lab to stop - warning that it would present an "unprecedented risk" to ...
Experts said the organisms, which are at least a decade away from being developed, could cause deadly infections to easily spread, resulting in ...