NSF award 2614686 · University of New Mexico

EAGER: Probing the Interactions of Mirror DNA with Cellular Machinery using Cell-Free Systems

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28 October 2028

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Award number: 2614686
Period of support: 1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2028
Amount: $400,000
Awardee: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Program: FET-Fndtns of Emerging Tech
Directorate: CSE

Abstract

There is rising concern regarding the possibility that synthetic organisms might be constructed using biomolecules of opposite chirality (molecular twist) to those found in natural biological systems. Experts in synthetic cell research and immunology have posited that the creation of such "mirror bacteria” might be possible in the relatively near future and that these organisms could evade many of the body’s defense…

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