Joe Biden names scientific advisers and seeks to bring Eric Lander into cabinet
by Oliver Milman in New York from on (#5CXW5)
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Joe Biden has named the geneticist Eric Lander as his top scientific adviser and will elevate the position to the cabinet for the first time, a move meant to indicate a decisive break from Donald Trump's treatment of science.
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