38 scientists want to ban "mirror life"
by Ellsworth Toohey from Boing Boing on (#76RAC)
Mirror life - synthetic organisms built from molecules with reversed chirality, the opposite handedness of every natural protein and DNA strand on Earth - would be essentially invisible to the immune systems of humans, animals, and plants, according to Noema's look at the fight to ban mirror life before it exists. - Read the rest
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