Congressional committees Quotes by Serge Lang

What standards are upheld by the scientific community affect the community internally, and also affect its relations with society at large, including Congress.

— Serge Lang

Questions have arisen about the policing of science. Who is responsible for the policing? My answer is: all of us.

— Serge Lang

I am not here concerned with intent, but with scientific standards, especially the ability to tell the difference between a fact, an opinion, a…

— Serge Lang

Roughly speaking, this hypothesis asks whether drug use causes some of the diseases officially associated with AIDS, such as immunodeficiency and Kaposi's sarcoma.

— Serge Lang

There exist thousands of Americans who have AIDS-defining diseases but are HIV negative.

— Serge Lang

They cannot count on the press and they cannot count on Congressional committees to bring the problems of the scientific community to their own…

— Serge Lang

Questions have also arisen about AIDS being transmitted to hemophiliacs via blood transfusions.

— Serge Lang

Of course, screening for HIV did essentially eliminate the transmission of this virus by transfusions.

— Serge Lang

I object to a legal approach when settling questions of science or scientific behavior.

— Serge Lang

To address questions of scientific responsibility does not necessarily imply that one needs technical competence in a particular field (e.g. biology) to evaluate certain…

— Serge Lang

If Baltimore's view, that scientists who do not take the words of authorities are far removed from the ordinary behavior of scientists, prevails in…

— Serge Lang

Originally, in the early eighties, the drug hypothesis was among the first which occurred to scientists.

— Serge Lang