BOSTON — Dr. Carl June, introduced as “the cancer slayer” at an immunotherapy conference here, challenged scientists to be far more aggressive about pushing their perspectives in the White House and Congress.
What would he tell President Trump in the Oval Office? “Listen to scientists,’’ he said.
At the opening of the CAR-TCR summit Wednesday, June said, “I think we need to be vocal. I think, unfortunately, scientists have not been very good at making their case.” He lamented that the public hears scientists talk about global warming but little else, and described how his late wife’s cancer diagnosis put him on a mission to take on cancer.
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