<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/link-2024-12-msu-researchers-contribute-to-global-team-examining-potential-risks-of-mirror-bacteria.aspx" dsn="blogs"><title>MSU researchers contribute to global team examining potential risks of 'mirror bacteria'</title><description><span>A group of researchers that includes Michigan State University faculty called attention to potential risks to humans and global ecosystems from the development of mirror bacteria — synthetic organisms that at the molecular level are ‘mirror’ versions of those found in nature.</span></description><pubDate>12/19/2024</pubDate><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2024/2024-12-edited-mirror-bacteria.png" alt="a diagram of DNA in mirror bacteria"/></image><externalNewsArticleLink>https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2024/msu-researchers-contribute-to-global-team-examining-potential-risks-of-mirror-bacteria</externalNewsArticleLink><categories>Discovery Science,Health Science and Innovation</categories><broadcast/></item>