🎧 Wissen auf die Ohren: In der aktuellen Ausgabe des Podcast „Zeitfragen“ geben u.a. Forschende der DSMZ eine Einschätzung zum Thema Künstliche Organismen. Hört mal rein!
👉 https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/spiegelleben-organismen-gefahr-risiko-100.html
#podcast #mirrorlife #research #dsmz #biodiversity #syntheticbiology
WRITER FUEL: 'Mirror life forms' may sound like science fiction, but scientists warn they could be deadly to humans and destroy the environment.
https://www.limfic.com/2025/03/16/writer-fuel-mirror-life-forms-could-be-deadly-to-existing-life/
#LimFic #LiminalFiction #WriterFuel #Writers #Authors #WritersofMastodon #StoryIdeas #MirrorLife #Bacteria
#News #Science #Health #Superbowl #InfectiousDisease #SARS2-Cov2 #H1N2 #Novovirus #MirrorLife #Pharma #CDC #WHO
BIG BREAKING NEWS - CDC has told a Cruise Ship to remain offshore (DejaVu 2019) as it is infected & passengers being treated for unknown virus/flu. SARS2-COV2, or BirdFlu top suspects
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Well, this is chilling. Just listening to this podcast on #MirrorLife…but scientists at the heart of the research are sounding the warning, tho we’ve heard that wail before. I hope we will be more progressive in making daily living better & sustainable rather than perpetually be too progressive in things we neither understand nor can control or anticipate to ostensibly make life better. They know it is a risk that could be catastrophic. They are taking this seriously.
The research and development of “mirror life” and its potential to destroy regular (ie. all) life on Earth scares me a LOT more than the current “Skynet” potential of AI/LLMs.
#science #research #mirrorlife #extinction https://www.labroots.com/trending/microbiology/28290/scientists-sound-warning-mirror-life
#FYI #mirrorlife #research #science #chirallife
(If it is true that we are at least ten years away from creating chiral life, I don't think it can be a threat. In five to ten years the climate breakdown, extreme weather and food shortages worldwide will have depleted resources for such research. But this is interesting and an excellent explanation video anyway.)
"A group of scientists have come together and warned of risks to life from potential mirror life research"
Mirror Life Risks: Experts Urge Caution
A new report highlights severe risks of "mirror life" organisms, including untreatable infections and ecosystem disruption. Experts call for urgent discussions in 2025 to prevent potential catastrophes.
https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2024/12/potential-risks-of-mirror-life
So even if principled scientists stop their research, there will be bad actors (and we know there are plenty of those out there) who will continue with theirs regardless of the risks. #mirrorlife
Scientist stops 'mirror life' research due to bioweapon potential - Business Insider https://apple.news/AN2D-ZS6_T-GPMxg_embCQA
So spooky .... Like if we did not have enough troubles on our hands to figure out. #science #mirrorlife
Mirror Bacteria Research Poses Significant Risks, Dozens of Scientists Warn
https://www.the-scientist.com/mirror-bacteria-research-poses-significant-risks-dozens-of-scientists-warn-72419
https://purl.stanford.edu/cv716pj4036
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ads9158
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42408361
* feasibility of creating mirror bacteria
* potentially serious/wide-ranging risks they could pose to humans, animals, plants, environment
* accompanies the Science Policy Forum article titled “Confronting risks of mirror life”,
#SyntheticBiology #MirrorLife #MirrorBacteria #biochemistry #stereochemistry #biopolymers
Mirror life (mirror bacteria)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_life
* mirror-image life
* hypothetical form of life w. mirror-reflected molecular building blocks
* e.g. bacteria made of components that natural cells possess, but w. every biopolymer being of opp. stereochemistry
Comments:
* fascinating stuff; huge potential
* coincident w. my post re: synthetic media: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113630612921903958
* here: synthetic biology
#SyntheticBiology #MirrorLife #MirrorBacteria #biochemistry #stereochemistry #biopolymers
Scientists urge halt to research on creating synthetic “mirror” bacteria that could evade human immunity, disrupt ecosystems #ecosystems #mirrorlife #biosecurity https://thebulletin.org/2024/12/scientists-urge-halt-to-research-on-creating-synthetic-mirror-bacteria-that-could-evade-human-immunity-disrupt-ecosystems/?utm_source=SocialShare&utm_medium=Twitter&utm_campaign=Twitter&utm_term
"Here, we draw on an in-depth analysis of current technical barriers, how they might be eroded by technological progress, and what we deem to be unprecedented and largely overlooked risks (1). We call for broader discussion among the global research community, policy-makers, research funders, industry, civil society, and the public to chart an appropriate path forward."
https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.ads9158?af=R
‘Unprecedented risk’ to life on Earth: Scientists call for halt on ‘#MirrorLife’ #MicrobeResearch https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/dec/12/unprecedented-risk-to-life-on-earth-scientists-call-for-halt-on-mirror-life-microbe-research?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other “The international group of Nobel laureates and other experts warn that mirror bacteria, constructed from mirror images of molecules found in nature, could become established in the environment and slip past the immune defences of natural organisms, putting humans, animals and plants at risk of lethal infections. (1/3)
‘Unprecedented risk’ to life on Earth: Scientists call for halt on ‘mirror life’ microbe research.
Experts warn that mirror bacteria, constructed from mirror images of molecules found in nature, could put humans, animals and plants at risk of lethal infections. #MirrorLife
https://buff.ly/4guK03I
This reminds me of Ian Malcolm's (Jeff Goldblum) line from Jurassic Park.
"Yeah. Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could that they didn't stop to think if they should."
Stanford Digital Repository
Technical Report on #MirrorBacteria: Feasibility and Risks
https://purl.stanford.edu/cv716pj4036
Confronting Risks of #MirrorLife:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ads9158
#biology #biologyresearch #designerlife
#bioengineering #immunology #biodiversity #ecology #exrisk
‘Unprecedented risk’ to #life on Earth: #Scientists call for halt on #MirrorLife #microbe #research | #Science | The Guardian
‘Unprecedented risk’ to life on Earth: Scientists call for halt on ‘mirror life’ microbe research | Science | The Guardian
This reminds me of #KurtVonnegut’s #Ice9. One slip up could destroy the world.
‘Unprecedented risk’ to life on Earth: Scientists call for halt on ‘#mirrorlife’ microbe research | Science https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/dec/12/unprecedented-risk-to-life-on-earth-scientists-call-for-halt-on-mirror-life-microbe-research
