‘Unprecedented risk’ to life on Earth: Scientists call for halt on ‘mirror life’ microbe research
Ian Sample ,  Science Editor  -  The Guardian (U.K.)

Stephan: You’ve probably never heard of “mirror life” microbes. I had heard of them, and read a paper on on this research, but had not understood the threat to all life on Earth they represented. We are about to see if greed trumps the safety of life on this planet.

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