Leading scientists warn against creating "mirror life" microbes, citing unprecedented risks to Earth's ecosystems. These ...

Experts sounded an alarm about the potentially lethal risks of creating mirror bacteria, synthetic organisms in which the ...

Craig Venter Institute. Glass was part of the team that created the first bacterial cell with a chemically synthesized genome and a minimal bacterial cell with a synthetic genome encoding only the ...

“Unchecked replication of mirror bacteria within internal tissues is likely to be deleterious to the host organism and may be ...

Breakthroughs in synthetic biology could create mirror versions of natural molecules, with devastating consequences for life on Earth ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Wisconsin has identified its first human case of the bird flu. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services announced Wednesday that it had detected presumptive positive human case ...

The Louisiana Department of Health reported the state’s first human case of the bird flu (highly pathogenic avian influenza, HPAI) in a resident who had exposure to sick and dead birds in ...

The group of 38 experts includes the 2018 chemistry Nobel prize winner, Gregory Winter, Jack Szostak, who won the 2009 ...