As synthetic biologists, we have spent the last few decades in awe of the breakthroughs in the field. In the last fifteen years, synthetic biologists have stored books, images, and even videos in DNA, ...

Synthetic biologists were tantalized by the idea of making mirror images of microbes. Then things got complicated. For four days in February 2019, some 30 synthetic biologists and ethicists hunkered ...

In 1847 when Louis Pasteur first methodically separated left- and right-handed tartrate crystals from the cork of a wine bottle, the idea of creating life from oppositely handed molecules was almost ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? For whatever reason, life formed on Earth with right-handed DNA and left-handed ...

Mirror bacteria and microbes are synthetic lifeforms made to reflect existing life on Earth. They could serve as tools to treat diseases, but some scientists are concerned about potentially ...

Consider your hands. They are essentially identical in every respect bar one: They are mirror images of each other. Many of the molecules of life, such as proteins and DNA, have the same property.

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