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Governments can no longer hope that AIDS will simply go away. Time could yet show that AIDS is as great a threat as nuclear war. And the time has come to act. But how?
Unless molecular biologists are careful and energetic, they will find that the mechanical and thermo-dynamic properties of DNA have been taken over by physicists.
Most chemicals to which we are exposed are not properly tested for carcinogenicity. The latest methods of in vitro testing provide a way of screening with sufficient accuracy to remedy this situation.
