This Gene-Editing Tech Might Be Too Dangerous To Unleash
This Gene-Editing Tech Might Be Too Dangerous To Unleash
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
November 17, 20178m 44s
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Show Notes
To get to work in the morning, Omar Akbari has to pass through a minimum of six sealed doors, including an air-locked vestibule. The UC Riverside entomologist studies the world’s deadliest creature: the Aedes aegypti mosquito, whose bite transmits diseases that kill millions each year. But that’s not the reason for all the extra security. Akbari isn’t just studying mosquitoes—he’s re-engineering them with self-destruct switches.
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