Theres literally a mutant in the comics whos power randomly activates one day and it turns him into a zone of death where anyone near him spontaneously combusts, like yeah no shit you would wanna invent a cure to prevent that, absurd to have a roulette wheel rolling at all times where the most realistic good outcome is the kid becomes a controllable living weapon, worst case scenario they become an uncontrollable weapon, and top jackpot they maybe get some power to help people that science cant do.