Mirror Bacteria Research Poses Significant Risks, Dozens of Scientists Warn
John Glassthe-scientist.com
Mirror Bacteria Research Poses Significant Risks, Dozens of Scientists Warn
Without diversity, replication only works if both the original and the copying mechanism are perfect. Otherwise errors build upon themselves.
The problem is that no lab until now has been capable of doing it.
Hypermutation has an obvious risk: along with a beneficial mutation, it can also cause many harmful ones. Susan Rosenberg of Baylor College of Medicine and her colleagues argue that E. coli minimizes this risk by spreading it across an entire colony.