This Gene-Editing Tech Might Be Too Dangerous To Unleash
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\u2019s deadliest creature: the Aedes aegypti mosquito, whose bite transmits diseases that kill millions each year. But that\u2019s not the reason for all the extra security. Akbari isn\u2019t just studying mosquitoes\u2014he\u2019s re-engineering them with self-destruct switches.