Could “Mirror Life” Be Humanity’s Most Daring—and Dangerous—Experiment Yet?
Imagine a world where scientists create a life form that’s like ours in every way—but flipped, as if seen tImagine creating a life form that’s just like us, but flipped—like looking into a mirror. DNA spirals in the opposite direction. Proteins twist the other way. Enzymes only work with their mirror-image partners.
This idea, called mirror life, could redefine biology as we know it.
A recent Science article by Kate Adamala and colleagues, supported by a detailed technical report, explores whether building mirror life could be the next leap—or the next threat—in synthetic biology.
