The Story of Taxol: Nature and Politics in the Pursuit of an Anti-Cancer Drug
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Taxol is arguably the most celebrated, talked about, and controversial natural product in recent years. Celebrated because of its efficacy as an anticancer drug and because its discovery has provided powerful support for policies concerned with biodiversity. Talked about because in the early 1990s the American public was bombarded with news reports about the molecule and its host, the slow-growing Pacific yew tree. Controversial because the drug and...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:052156123X
ISBN13:9780521561235
Release Date:March 2001
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:298 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"
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