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38 scientists want to ban “mirror life”

Ellsworth Toohey
Jul 03, 2026
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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. Thirty-eight scientists, including 16 n…

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