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

Zusammenfassung During the late 1980s and early 1990s! taxol was hailed for its efficacy as an anti-cancer drug while becoming embroiled in a number of political issues with wide policy implications. This book tells the story of arguably the most celebrated! talked-about and controversial natural product in recent years. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. Agents: 1. Cancer chemotherapy: plant knowledge and practice; Part II. Practices: 2. Act I: 1962-75; 3. Act II: 1976-83; 4. Act III: 1984-9; Part III. Controversies: 5. The politics of exclusivity and the business of taxol; 6. The political life (and death) of Taxus Brevifolia; References and bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Jordan Goodman, Jordan (University of Manchester Institut Goodman, Jordan Walsh Goodman, Goodman Jordan, Vivien Walsh
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.11.2006
• EAN: 9780521032506
• ISBN: 978-0-521-03250-6
• No. of pages: 300
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General