THE STORY OF TAXOL by Jordan Goodman, Vivien Walsh ( 9780521032506 )

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Title:

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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0521032504

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9780521032506

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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.

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8 b/w illus.

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Cambridge University Press

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