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Confronting Risks of Mirror Life

by samber on 12/15/24, 2:44 PM with 3 comments

• by gnabgib on 12/15/24, 6:23 PM

  Discussions

  (57 points, 2 days ago, 37 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42403886

  (62 points, 2 days ago, 42 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42408361

• by 77pt77 on 12/16/24, 5:50 PM

  >Our analysis suggests that mirror bacteria would likely evade many immune mechanisms mediated by chiral molecules, potentially causing lethal infection in humans, animals, and plants.

  This is a nightmare just waiting to happen.