The Story of Taxol

Taxol is the most celebrated, controversial and best selling product--over two billion dollars so far--of recent times. It may be an anticancer drug, but its source and usage has become a political hot button. Illustrations.

List of contents

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Jordan Goodman, Vivien Walsh
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2015
• EAN: 9780521561235
• ISBN: 978-0-521-56123-5
• No. of pages: 298
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 637 g
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine