Mirror bacteria represent a fascinating concept in the realm of synthetic biology. These theoretical organisms would be ...

Mirror life, a concept involving synthetic organisms with reversed molecular structures, carries significant risks despite ...

While the technology to create these organisms is still years away, many are worried about the impact of mirror bacteria.

within bacterial populations. While I consider myself an evolutionary biologist, over time I began to appreciate microbes not ...

Scientists warn about the potential dangers of "mirror bacteria," synthetic organisms made from reverse biological molecules ...

The researchers said that their concerns are not about stifling innovation but about ensuring scientific progress aligns with ...

ABOVE: A number of scientists are calling for a ban on research that could create mirror bacteria, which pose significant risks to society. ©iStock, Galina Kamenskaya. A s synthe ...

A curious conclusion reached by a group of some 40 scientists, including Craig Venter and Nobel laureates Greg Winter and ...

Cyanobacteria use an AM radio-like principle to coordinate cell division with circadian rhythms, encoding information through ...

The domestication of livestock and plants marked an important stage in the settlement of human populations in the Neolithic ...

The trillions of microbial cells in our gastrointestinal tract have their own genomes and metabolic products, many of which ...

A study offers evidence that a single bacterial species -- the host of the phage -- can maintain a diverse community of competing phage species. Knowing how more than one kind of virus can survive ...