Experts sounded an alarm about the potentially lethal risks of creating mirror bacteria, synthetic organisms in which the ...

No mirror-image life exists yet, but scientists are calling for the research to stop before it gets close to a breakthrough.

"Mirror bacteria" could evade people's immune systems, they suggest, causing deadly infections. Such infections could also ...

“The threat we’re talking about is unprecedented,” said Professor Vaughn Cooper, a microbiologist at the University of ...

While these “mirror cells” could have profound medical implications, a new 299-page report warns that a mirror pathogen could ...

Researchers are warning of potential risks from the development of synthetic organisms called mirror bacteria, which have ...

Organic molecules have a property known as chirality, in which the structure can be either 'right-handed'; or 'left-handed' - with one being the mirror of the other... | Microbiology ...

Chiral molecules, mirror microbes, and the risks of mirror life explored by scientists in a detailed technical report.

Research on so-called mirror cells, which defy fundamental properties of living organisms, should be prohibited as too ...

Mirror bacteria are theoretical life forms constructed from mirror-image biological molecules that are the opposite of those ...

According to the new paper, researchers fear that mirror bacteria could be able to evade natural predators like phage viruses ...

Scientists call for a pause on 'mirror life' creation, warning of potential risks to health and the environment.