While chemotherapy can be lifesaving, it also damages DNA and leads to cognitive issues known as "chemo brain." These effects ...

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

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 ...

Researchers have unlocked a new means of peering at plant genes. The effort revealed several key enzymes for creating Taxol, ...

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

Immuneering has reported 94% overall survival (OS) at six months in first-line pancreatic cancer, emboldening the biotech to ...

New combination therapy of relacorilant and nab-paclitaxel shows promise in extending survival for patients with ...

The official results of the BRACELET-01 (PrECOG 0113) trial have been published in Clinical Cancer Research, detailing the ...

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

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.

IL-6 blockades with tocilizumab did not improve short-term survival in advanced pancreatic cancer but showed potential ...