Author: Goodman, Jordan; & Walsh, Vivien
Title: The Story of Taxol: Nature and Politics in the Pursuit of an Anti-Cancer Drug
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, (2001). orig.cloth. 24x15cm, xiii,282 pp. Minor rubbing. Binding corner bumps. VG. ¶ Contents: Agents: Cancer chemotherapy: plant knowledge and practice; Practices: Act I: 1962-1975; Act II: 1976-1983; Act III: 1984-1989; Controversies: The politics of exclusivity and the business of taxol; The political life (and death) of Taxus Brevifolia ["Taxol is arguably the most celebrated, talked about and controversial natural product in recent years. It is celebrated because of its efficacy as an anticancer 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 and special programs about the molecule and its host, the Pacific yew; and controversial because during the early 1990s the drug and the tree became embroiled in a number of very sensitive political issues with wide implications for the conduct of public policy. The Story of Taxol tells this story." - Publisher's description]

Keywords: Pharmacognosy, Pacific Yew Policy, Medical Medicine, Anti-Cancer Cancer, Pharmacology Drug, United States Taxol, Political History, Politics Treatment, Paclitaxel Research