A Pacific yew tree, ... Rather than cones that other conifers grow and shed, the yew's single seeds are found inside a red berry-like fruit called an Aril that resembles a bead. ...

ILLAHEE, Wash. – The reign of a contender for the title of oldest Pacific yew tree in the United States has come to an end. The yew's gnarled, bubbly bark and green limbs – celebrated for decades with ...

ILLAHEE — The reign of a contender for the title of oldest Pacific Yew tree in the United States came to an end this winter at Illahee State Park. The yew's gnarled, bubbly bark and green limbs ...

When USDA botanist Arthur Barclay collected a sample of bark from the Pacific yew tree in Washington State in 1962, he had no way of knowing that the sample would yield one of the most important ...

More recently, a potent painkiller has been derived from the venoms cone snails use to kill their prey, and a chemical produced by the Pacific yew tree is now the powerful cancer-treating drug ...

Cone snail Found in tropical seas, carnivorous mollusks known as cone snails sport venomous harpoons that can instantly paralyze small fish and other prey. ... Pacific yew In 1958, ...

Pacific yew, Taxus brevifolia, is a fairly rare North American softwood tree, found in southern Alaska, British Columbia, Oregon, Washington, central California, and the western slopes of the ...

Debbie Coats, clinical information manager at Cancer Research UK said: "There are two common chemotherapy drugs developed from Yew trees. "One of them, docetaxel (Taxotere), first made from the ...

A Pacific yew tree, known as a strong conifer whose bark has been used to treat cancer, fell in December after 410 years in Washington state. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For ...