Of course, screening for HIV did essentially eliminate the transmission of this virus by transfusions.
Serge LangIf Baltimore's view, that scientists who do not take the words of authorities are far removed from the ordinary behavior of scientists, prevails in the scientific community, then something fundamental, very serious, and very disturbing is happening to the scientific community.
Serge LangThe problems of financing the universities and their intellectual freedom, threatened by political and bureaucratic interference, are problems which are invariant under the ism transformations: socialism, communism, capitalism, or any other ism or ology.
Serge LangThe only goal of science is the honour of the human spirit, and a question in number theory is worth a question concerning the system of the world.
Serge Lang