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Table 18.2 An analogy between nuclear power industry and pharmaceutical industry
Plant
Final product
Electricity
Drugs
By products
Harmful radiation and heat
Thousands of chemicals synthesized and discarded for every
drug reaching the market; besides, only 50% of the approved
drugs work
Object
Microscopic
theory
Quantum mechanics (1900-1925), Nuclear reactor
engineering (1940s)
Molecular theory of the living cell (1985-2010),
Ribonoscopy (2010)
