India's nuclear power program is based on indigenous materials and technology, with the potential for providing energy security for many centuries. This paper examines the technical validity of this plan, specifically the role of breeder reactors for extending the domestic uranium supplies. Our study shows breeding is unlikely to occur at anywhere near the rates envisioned, leading to a slow gr...

In an editorial entitled "PI Blood Group, Pigeon Antigens, and Respiratory Disease" in the December 1976 issue (Chest 70:694, 1976), I suggested that individuals without the P, antigen (P, blood phenotype) may have a greater risk of respiratory disease and that this hypothesis should be tested among individuals selected for respiratory disease, rather than for handling of birds. In their reply ...

The exclusivity conferred to inventors by intellectual property rights (IPRs) provide an ex ante incentive for innovation, but the resulting market power yields an ex post inefficiency (because it limits use of the innovation). Strong IPRs may also affect innovation by limiting access of proprietary knowledge in research aimed at new inventions and discoveries, which raises the question of whet...

In an editorial entitled "PI Blood Group, Pigeon Antigens, and Respiratory Disease" in the December 1976 issue (Chest 70:694, 1976), I suggested that individuals without the P, antigen (P, blood phenotype) may have a greater risk of respiratory disease and that this hypothesis should be tested among individuals selected for respiratory disease, rather than for handling of birds. In their reply ...