Scientists are exploring the concept of mirror life, where molecular structures mirror those found in earthly life. Currently, all DNA in living organisms has a right-handed twist, while protein building blocks are left-handed. While progress has been made in synthesizing mirror molecules in labs, the technology for developing mirror cells remains at least ten years from realization. Due to potential risks, a collective of scientists has raised alarms, leading them to publish a comprehensive 299-page report urging a halt to such research endeavors, reflecting the significant ethical implications involved.
Currently, the technology doesn't exist to make mirror life at the cellular level and likely won't for at least a decade.
Still, a group of scientists is concerned enough about the possibility that they've published a 299-page technical report calling for a stop to the science.
On a molecular level, earthly life takes this to the extreme. All of the DNA in living things twists to the right, whereas the protein building blocks favor a kind of left-handed chemistry.
In recent years, scientists have worked toward a kind of mirror version of life.
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