SOS for ‘mirror bacteria’ – ‘They threaten to wipe out humanity’, say 38 Nobel-winning scientists

38 Nobel Prize-winning scientists have issued an urgent warning about lab-grown “mirror bacteria” that could wipe out humanity. According to a Daily Mail report, they are synthetic organisms that are made from mirrored versions of molecules found in nature. If they escaped from the lab, there would be nothing to stop them from settling in the wild and threatening plants, animals and people with deadly infections. A group of 38 Nobel laureates and other experts who have tried to create ‘mirror life’ are now calling for all new research to be halted. Scientists have called for a halt to the creation of “mirror bacteria” as they could bypass the immune defenses of all life on Earth and lead to deadly infections. Dr Von Cooper, a microbiologist from the University of Pittsburgh and a co-author of the paper, says: “This life form never existed or evolved, so all biological interactions would be […]
Source: News Beast

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