Some scientists trying to create "mirror life" have stopped in their tracks. A mirror microorganism could end up being a major pathogen since immune systems wouldn't notice it. Mirror-image biology ...

Scientists describe molecules like DNA or the amino acids that build proteins as being left-handed or right-handed in their configurations. In humans, the left hand and the right hand are mirror ...

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A category of synthetic organisms dubbed “mirror life,” whose component molecules are mirror images of their natural counterpart, could pose unprecedented risks to human life and ecosystems, according ...