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The Story of Taxol: Nature and Politics in the Pursuit of an Anti-Cancer Drug Hardback - 2001 - 1st Edition
by Jordan Goodman
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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.
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- Title The Story of Taxol: Nature and Politics in the Pursuit of an Anti-Cancer Drug
- Author Jordan Goodman
- Binding Hardback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition New
- Pages 298
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
- Date 2001-03-05
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # B9780521561235
- ISBN 9780521561235 / 052156123X
- Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 9.34 x 6.21 x 0.91 in (23.72 x 15.77 x 2.31 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Paclitaxel - Research - Political aspects -, Paclitaxel - Research - Economic aspects -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00034230
- Dewey Decimal Code 616.994
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In 1960, the National Cancer Institute (hereafter NCI) and the United States Department of Agriculture (hereafter USDA) began an inter-agency programme to procure and screen plant products as potential anti-cancer agents.
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Citations
- Choice, 10/01/2001, Page 342
- Library Journal, 02/15/2001, Page 196