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Cancer Cure or Conservation
| Title | Cancer Cure or Conservation |
| Publication Type | Case Study |
| Year of Publication | 2003 |
| Authors | Lizotte, Pauline A., and Knapp Gretchen E. |
| Corporate Authors | Manchester Community College, Mathematics, Science and Health Careers, and Illinois State University, Biology Department |
| Date Published | 08/2003 |
| Publisher | National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science, University at Buffalo |
| Publication Language | eng |
| Keywords | anti-cancer , bio-prospecting , BIOLOGY , BIOPROSPECTING , BUSINESS ethics , Drug , ENVIRONMENTAL ethics , Environmental Sciences , Ethnobotany , Pacific , paclitaxel , Quinault , Social Justice , T. , Taxol , Taxus |
| Abstract | This case is based on the controversy that surrounded harvesting of the Pacific yew from 1989 to 1997 to develop paclitaxel (Taxol), a revolutionary anti-cancer drug. The case was designed to expose students to basic conservation biology concepts by examining competing needs among scientists and other stakeholders in a real-life science-and-society scenario. Developed for a undergraduate introductory biology course for non-majors, the case could also be used in an environmental science course or in a course on the impact of science and technology on society. |
| URL | Click here for the document |
| Abbreviated Case Name | Cancer Cure or Conservation |
