The widely used chemotherapy drug paclitaxel, commonly known as Taxol, was first extracted from the Pacific yew tree in 1963.

And, significantly for the future, the Pacific yew grows very slowly. Humans have made use of the yew since the dawn of history. A spear point made of yew found in England is thought to be 50,000 ...

Pacific yew seed berries can be bought online from Amazon. If left unpruned, many yew species can reach a height of 4-65 feet ...

The Florida State University community mourns the loss of esteemed chemist and noted inventor Robert Holton, whose groundbreaking synthesis of the cancer drug Taxol made it widely available to ...

For 30 years, scientists around the world have tried to understand how taxol, a natural compound derived from the Pacific yew tree, forms in nature.

A few yew varieties are native to North America, and those species are less toxic than exotic ones. These include the Pacific, or western yew, and the Canada yew. But in population centers, exotic ...

Pacific yew In 1958, the National Cancer Institute commissioned a study of over 30,000 plant species in hopes of discovering cancer-fighting compounds.

For 30 years, scientists around the world have tried to understand how taxol, a natural compound derived from the Pacific yew tree, forms in nature.