TAXOL (paclitaxel) plus Paraplatin (carboplatin), administered in a novel weekly regimen, offers a safe and effective treatment, according to research presented Sept. 13 by the University of ...

A molecule found in the venom of the Brotheas amazonicus scorpion showed similar characteristics to those of the chemotherapy ...

Researchers have unlocked a new means of peering at plant genes. The effort revealed several key enzymes for creating Taxol, also known as paclitaxel. The findings bring researchers much closer to the ...

The widely used chemotherapy drug paclitaxel, commonly known as Taxol, was first extracted from the Pacific yew tree in 1963. But while plants have figured out how to manufacture the molecule, for ...

Brazilian scientists have identified a molecule, BamazScplp1, in Amazonian scorpion venom that effectively kills breast ...

Adjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy plus paclitaxel numerically improves progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) compared with platinum-based chemotherapy plus fluorouracil (5 ...

Holton is best known for his work on the anticancer drug Taxol (paclitaxel).The molecule was first discovered in scant quantities in the bark of the Pacific yew tree, Taxus brevifolia, during a ...

Yew trees of the genus Taxus serve as the natural reservoir for paclitaxel, a potent chemotherapeutic sold as Taxol. Within these slow-growing conifers, the highest concentrations of late-stage ...

Florida State chemistry professor Robert Holton circa 2002. His research was used in the production of Taxol, a potent chemotherapy drug that has been used to treat more than 1 million patients.