Editing 1981 in science (section)

==Medicine==
* April 26 – Dr. [[Michael R. Harrison]] of the [[University of California, San Francisco]], performs the world's first human open [[fetal surgery]].
* June 5 – [[AIDS]] [[pandemic]] begins when the United States [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] reports an unusual cluster of [[Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)|Pneumocystis pneumonia]] in five [[homosexuality|homosexual]] men in [[Los Angeles]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Pneumocystis pneumonia — Los Angeles|journal=[[Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report]]|volume=30|issue=21|pages=250–2|date=June 1981|pmid=6265753|url=https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/june_5.htm|publisher=Centers for Disease Control|author1=Centers for Disease Control (CDC)}}</ref>
* [[Bruce Reitz]] leads the team that performs the first successful [[heart–lung transplant]] on Mary Gohlke at [[Stanford Hospital]].<ref name=Stanford> {{Cite web|url=http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2016/03/bruce-reitz-recalls-the-worlds-first-heart-lung-transplant.html|title=5 Questions: Bruce Reitz recalls first successful heart-lung transplant|website=News Center|language=en|access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
* [[LeCompte maneuver]] first performed.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=LeCompte|first1=Y.|last2=Neveux|first2=J. Y.|last3=Leca|first3=F.|last4=Zannini|first4=L.|last5=Tu|first5=T. V.|last6=Duboys|first6=Y.|last7=Jarreau|first7=M. M.|date=November 1982|title=Reconstruction of the pulmonary outflow tract without prosthetic conduit|journal=[[The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery]]|volume=84|issue=5|pages=727–33|doi=10.1016/S0022-5223(19)38962-7 |issn=0022-5223|pmid=7132411|doi-access=free}}</ref>
* English psychiatrist [[Lorna Wing]] introduces the term "[[Asperger syndrome]]".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Wing|first=L.|title=Asperger's syndrome: a clinical account|journal=[[Psychological Medicine]]|volume=11|issue=1|pages=115–29|year=1981|doi=10.1017/S0033291700053332|pmid=7208735|s2cid=16046498 |url=http://www.mugsy.org/wing2.htm|accessdate=2007-08-15|url-access=subscription}}</ref>