The Story of Taxol: Nature and Politics in the Pursuit of an Anti-Cancer Drug

by JordanGoodman (Author), VivienWalsh (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2001

  $74.58

  Taxol is arguably the most celebrated, talked-about and controversial natural product in recent years. It is celebrated because of its efficacy as an anti-cancer drug and because its discovery has provided powerful support for policies concerned with biodiversity; talked about because in the late 1980s and early 1990s the American public was bombarded with news reports and special programmes about the molecule and its host, the Pacific yew; and controversial because during the early 1990s the drug and the tree became embroiled in a number of very sensitive political issues with wide implications for the conduct of public policy. The Story of Taxol tells this story.

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  Paperback
  2006

  $36.44

  The story of taxol; arguably the most celebrated and controversial natural product in recent years.