Mirror Life: Inside the Discussion

At an international conference organized jointly by the Mirror Biology Dialogues Foundation (MBDF) with the Institut Pasteur on June 12 and 13, 2025, scientists and ethicists from around the world shared their views on the risks and challenges of "mirror life." This new frontier in synthetic biology raises the possibility of creating organisms in the laboratory that would be chemical mirror images of all known living beings. It is a future scientific prospect that has multiple ethical and societal implications and raises questions about our collective responsibility. 

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Photo: The hand and its reflection in a mirror. Drawing by Sellier. Illustration of an asymmetrical shape based on Louis Pasteur's theories of molecular asymmetry. Louis Pasteur's first work in crystallography.