Taxol, the anti-cancer drug, is produced naturally in the bark of Pacific Yew trees, which take 80 years to grow. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...
Others, like the Pacific yew, are more remarkable for what they can do. In this case, that's helping people fight cancer. You ...
The Pacific yew was long considered a trash, or weed, tree that “contaminated” lumber companies' harvests of Douglas fir in the Northwest, often done by clear-cutting old forests. The ...
There are many varieties of this classic evergreen conifer, although one native species to consider is Taxus brevifolia, ...