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UCLA scientists are researching a naturally occurring mosquito toxin that may be engineered in the future to kill the mosquito species that transmits dengue fever and the Zika virus. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)

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On the ground floor of UCLA’s Boyer Hall, a huge gray machine shoots invisible X-rays at streams of bacterial crystals, each thinner than the width of a human hair.

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UCLA larvicide research lasers in on mosquito control

By Allison Ong

Oct. 27, 2016 8:17 p.m.