theguardian.com/science/2024/d… | ‘Unprecedented risk’ to life on Earth: Scientists call for halt on ‘mirror life’ microbe research |

[…] “The international group of Nobel laureates and other experts warn that mirror bacteria, constructed from mirror images of molecules found in nature, could become established in the environment and slip past the immune defences of natural organisms, putting humans, animals and plants at risk of lethal infections.” | #environment #genetics #epidemiology #PublicHealth

‘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

^{Ian Sample (The Guardian)}