Natural Products for Cancer Seminar and Tour at NCI-Frederick Research Facility

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Air date:	Thursday, November 18, 2004, 11:00:00 AM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
Views:	Total views: 93 * This only includes stats from October 2011 and forward.
Category:	Special
Runtime:	01:24:09
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Description:	National Cancer Institute (NCI) Science Writers’ Seminar Series An in-depth, informative look at the latest issues related to the discovery of natural products for cancer. NCI’s Natural Products Branch acquires raw natural product materials from the land and sea, and extracts and screens these products to develop active agents to treat cancer. Taxol, for example, a drug used for treatment of numerous cancers, was developed by NCI from the bark of the Pacific Yew Tree. Gordon Cragg, Ph.D. How does NCI collect its 70,000-plus specimens? David Newman, D. Phil. How do scientists determine if a natural product has cancer treatment potential?

NLM Title:	Natural products for cancer seminar and tour at NCI-Frederick research facility / Gordon Cragg and David Newman.
Author:	Cragg, Gordon M L. National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
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Subjects:	Antineoplastic Agents Biological Products Pharmacognosy Plants
Publication Types:	Lecture Webcast
Rights:	This is a work of the United States Government. No copyright exists on this material. It may be disseminated freely.
NLM Classification:	QV 752
NLM ID:	101268616
CIT Live ID:	3703
Permanent link:	https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=3703

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