The Story of Taxol
Subtitle: Nature and Politics in the Pursuit of an Anti-Cancer Drug
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 23, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780521032506
Subjects: History of medicine; Oncology; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; c 1990 to c 2000; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Europe; USA; History; Medical / History; Medical-Oncology; Paclitaxel--Research--Political aspects--Unit; Paclitaxel--Research--Political aspects--United States
First sentence: 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.