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On the cover of this book is a Pacific yew tree, found in the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest The bark of the Pacific yew tree produces Taxol, found to be a highly effective drug against ovarian and breast cancer Taxol blocks mitosis during eukaryotic cell division The supply of Taxol from the Pacific yew tree is vanishingly small, however A single 100yearold tree provides only about one dose of the drug roughly 300 mg For this reason, a ISBN10: 0471190950 ISBN13: 9780471190950 Material Type: hardcover
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