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

Now he is among the 38 scientists who are warning against it. The fact that the body can't break down these mirror-version proteins was initially considered a selling point, but that incompatibility with 'natural' life is also what now has scientists concerned.

Mirror bacteria” made in a lab could endanger all life on earth, an international group of leading scientists have warned in a new report. All building-block molecules of life like DNA, proteins and carbohydrates have a unique structural property that still perplexes scientists.

Mirror bacteria are synthetic lifeforms made from biological molecules that are the reverse of the ones found in natural organisms

Leading scientists warn against creating "mirror life" microbes, citing unprecedented risks to Earth's ecosystems. These synthetic organisms could evade natural immune defenses, causing unchecked lethal infections in humans,

A group of 38 leading scientists are calling for a pause on research to create 'mirror life' - a form of artificial organism which could infect and kill all life on Earth.