‘Unprecedented risk’ to life on Earth: Scientists call for halt on ‘mirror life’ microbe research | Science | The Guardian

This reminds me of #KurtVonnegut’s #Ice9. One slip up could destroy the world.

#MirrorLife
#ReverseMolecules
#ReverseMicrobes

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/dec/12/unprecedented-risk-to-life-on-earth-scientists-call-for-halt-on-mirror-life-microbe-research

‘Unprecedented risk’ to life on Earth: Scientists call for halt on ‘mirror life’ microbe research

Experts warn that mirror bacteria, constructed from mirror images of molecules found in nature, could put humans, animals and plants at risk of lethal infections

The Guardian