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THE STORY OF TAXOL
NATURE AND POLITICS IN THE PURSUIT OF AN ANTI-CANCER DRUG |
| By: |
Jordan Goodman, Vivien Walsh |
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Paperback |
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£37.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521032504 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521032506 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
23 November, 2006 |
| Pages: |
300 |
| Description: |
The story of taxol; arguably the most celebrated and controversial natural product in recent years. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Illustrations: |
8 b/w illus. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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