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- catalog abstract ""Taxol is arguably the most celebrated, talked about, and controversial natural product in recent years: Celebrated because of its efficacy as an anti-cancer drug and because its discovery has provided powerful support for policies concerned with biodiversity. Talked about because in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the American public was bombarded with news reports about the molecule and its host, the slow-growing Pacific yew. Controversial because the drug and the tree became embroiled in several sensitive political issues with broad public policy implications." "Taxol has revolutionized the treatment options for patients with advanced forms of breast and ovarian cancers and some types of leukemia; it shows promise for treating AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma. It is the best-selling anti-cancer drug ever, with world sales of $1.2 billion in 1998 and expected to grow. Goodman and Walsh's careful study of how taxol was discovered, researched, and brought to market documents the complexities and conflicting interests in the ongoing process to find effective treatments. From a broader perspective, The Story of Taxol uses the discovery and development of taxol as a paradigm to address current issues in the history and sociology of science and medicine."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b12124254.
- catalog contributor b12124255.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Taxol is arguably the most celebrated, talked about, and controversial natural product in recent years: Celebrated because of its efficacy as an anti-cancer drug and because its discovery has provided powerful support for policies concerned with biodiversity. Talked about because in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the American public was bombarded with news reports about the molecule and its host, the slow-growing Pacific yew. Controversial because the drug and the tree became embroiled in several sensitive political issues with broad public policy implications." "Taxol has revolutionized the treatment options for patients with advanced forms of breast and ovarian cancers and some types of leukemia; it shows promise for treating AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma. It is the best-selling anti-cancer drug ever, with world sales of $1.2 billion in 1998 and expected to grow. Goodman and Walsh's careful study of how taxol was discovered, researched, and brought to market documents the complexities and conflicting interests in the ongoing process to find effective treatments. From a broader perspective, The Story of Taxol uses the discovery and development of taxol as a paradigm to address current issues in the history and sociology of science and medicine."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-279) and index.".
- catalog description "pt. I. Agents. Cancer chemotherapy: plant knowledge and practice -- pt. II. Practices. Act I: 1962-1975 -- Act II: 1976-1983 -- Act III: 1984-1989 -- pt. III. Controversies. The politics of exclusivity and the business of taxol -- The political life (and death) of Taxus brevifolia.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 282 p. :".
- catalog identifier "052156123X (hbk.)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Northwest, Pacific.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "2001 G-489".
- catalog subject "616.99/406 21".
- catalog subject "Antineoplastic Agents United States.".
- catalog subject "Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic economics.".
- catalog subject "Cancer Treatment Research Political aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "Drug Approval United States.".
- catalog subject "Herbal Medicine United States.".
- catalog subject "Pacific yew Harvesting Northwest, Pacific.".
- catalog subject "Paclitaxel Research Economic aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "Paclitaxel Research Political aspects United States.".
- catalog subject "Paclitaxel United States History.".
- catalog subject "Paclitaxel history United States.".
- catalog subject "Paclitaxel history.".
- catalog subject "Paclitaxel.".
- catalog subject "Phytotherapy United States.".
- catalog subject "Plant Extracts therapeutic use United States.".
- catalog subject "QV 11 AA1 G653s 2001".
- catalog subject "RC271.P27 G66 2001".
- catalog subject "Research.".
- catalog subject "Taxus United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. Agents. Cancer chemotherapy: plant knowledge and practice -- pt. II. Practices. Act I: 1962-1975 -- Act II: 1976-1983 -- Act III: 1984-1989 -- pt. III. Controversies. The politics of exclusivity and the business of taxol -- The political life (and death) of Taxus brevifolia.".
- catalog title "The story of taxol : nature and politics in the pursuit of an anti-cancer drug / Jordan Goodman, Vivien Walsh.".
- catalog type "text".