How scared should we be of bioterrorism?

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In the new movie Inferno, a mad scientist attempts to kill off billions of people with a bio-engineer'd super virus. In a world of ISIS and aggressive nation-states with access to advanced genetic technologies, how dangerous is the prospect of bioterrorism? We talked with Caltech professor of Biology Alexei Aravin about how scared we should really be.

This interview originally appeared on PCMag's Facebook page as part of our interview series, "The Convo." You can watch other episodes here: http://www.pcmag.com/article/346681/the-convo-pcmag-nerds-it-up-with-the-worlds-most-interesti



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