Jordan Goodman (University of Manchester Institute of Science and T, Vivien Walsh (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Tec

The Story of Taxol

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

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9780521032506
• ISBN-10: 0521032504
• Artikelnr.: 21520962

Inhaltsangabe

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.