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How a Harvard/MIT Lab Transformed Into a Mass Testing Center

A pioneering mathematician and geneticist, Eric Lander helped lead the Human Genome Project, and now--in just two weeks--he has transformed the renowned MIT and Harvard Biomedical Research Lab into a mass testing facility. Lander explains to Walter Isaacson exactly what it will take to scale up the essential testing that will enable our exiting severe pandemic restrictions.

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