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<text id=93TT1481>
<title>
Apr. 19, 1993: Good News For Yews
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
Apr. 19, 1993 Los Angeles
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
THE WEEK, Page 24
HEALTH & SCIENCE
Good News For Yews
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<body>
<p> Few quests have been as feverish as the search for
alternative sources of taxol, the anticancer drug derived from
yew trees. So far, the best candidates have not made an impact
on the price tag. A single treatment cycle costs nearly $1,000
and may have to be repeated 10 times. Researchers from Montana
report in Science that they have found the answer: a lowly tree
fungus that produces the cancer-fighting chemical in minute
quantities. If scientists can figure out how to boost the
output, they should be able to create fermentation vats brimming
with relatively inexpensive taxol.
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</body>
</article>
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