Scientists are calling for a halt to the creation of “mirror bacteria,” synthetic microorganisms built from the reversed molecular building blocks of natural life. According to a comprehensive ...

Jeong-Mi Lee is in the Transplantation Research Center, Division of Renal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.

"Mirror bacteria" being developed in labs could be a looming risk to the health of humanity, scientists have warned. These hypothetical organisms get their name from how their molecules would face ...

Still, some of the hardy microbes like Staphylococcus Epidermidis. These microbes reside on every hair follicle. Previously, immunologists neglected skin-colonizing bacteria, because they don’t seem ...

Daily briefing: How synthetic ‘mirror life’ bacteria could infect the world We explore what influence Elon Musk might have on US science and hear why creating ‘mirror life’ might be a very ...

A team of researchers has now developed a groundbreaking genetic method that leverages a natural bacterial mechanism for the transfer of genetic material and uses it for the production of new ...

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Like other types of eczema responsible for eyelid rashes, seborrheic dermatitis flares up in response to triggers. A few of the most common triggers include stress, hormonal changes, detergents, and ...

Scientists believe that mirror bacteria constructed from mirror images of molecules found in nature could put life on Earth at an ‘unprecedented risk’. The international group of Nobel laureates and ...

If mirror bacteria were to escape from the lab, there would be nothing to prevent them from establishing themselves in the wild and threatening plants, animals, and humans with lethal infections.

Some bacteria, like harmless Staphylococcus epidermidis, have adapted to thrive on human skin. Immunologists have often overlooked the role of skin bacteria in our health. However, recent research ...