Sep 16, 2025
Synthetic Biology’s Dark Side: The Perils of Mirror Life
By Michele Mitchell | September 2025 Synthetic biology has brought us amazing breakthroughs, like new ways to fight diseases and clean up the environment. But now, scientists are focusing on something new and potentially risky: a synthetic life form called mirror life. Mirror life is not like anything in nature. It doesn’t follow the same rules as natural life, which is based on a DNA code made…