A new synthetic lifeform, often referred to as “mirror life,” has recently emerged as a potential risk to humankind. With its inherent capacity for rapid evolution and adaptation, this life form could ...

Though mirror biology might lead to improved drugs and other innovations, scientists have warned against potentially ...

It has taken more than a decade, but scientists have finally reached a major step in the goal to create synthetic life in the lab. According to a new study led by a team from Macquarie University in ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." For the first time ever, a synthetic eukaryotic genome has been created. By taking yeast cells and ...

If it already feels like every day is like an apocalypse in the making here's another existential risk to ponder. Imagine a ...

The code of life is simple. Four genetic letters arranged in triplets—called codons—encode amino acids. These are the building blocks of proteins, the machinery that powers life. But the genetic code ...

Man-made molecules that mimic cells but aren’t alive could be used to study illnesses that kill natural life. A University of Minnesota lab wants to use simplified versions of cells — more resilient ...

In our high school chemistry classes we all learn about chirality, the property of organic molecules in which two chemically identical molecules can have different structures that are mirror images of ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists working to make a synthetic life form reported a major step forward Thursday, saying they had created an artificial genome and used it to bring a hollowed-out ...