Tobacco kills 8 million people worldwide every year, but imagine if it could be used to make medicine. The idea isn’t unheard ...

These cancer treatments work by boosting our own immune systems to fight off cancer cells, with few side-effects compared to traditional chemotherapy ... such as yew trees, are becoming endangered.

Tobacco kills 8 million people worldwide every year, but imagine if it could be used to make medicine. The idea isn't unheard of - tobacco has been ...

Until recently, there were only two taxanes in clinical use for breast cancer; paclitaxel, which was originally derived from the bark of the Pacific yew tree and docetaxel, which is synthesized ...

These cancer treatments work by boosting our own immune systems to fight off cancer cells, with few side-effects compared to traditional chemotherapy. They are, however, prohibitively expensive, so ...