Taxol is an anticancer drug extracted from the Pacific yew tree. In animals cells, taxol disrupts mircrotubule formation by binding microtubules and accelerating their assembly from the protein precurson, tubulin. Taxol is used in the treatment of cancer because of it's ability to stop mitosis. Explain how the drug works. What type of side effects would you expect the patient to experience.
Case study?
side effects: mitosis may stop in other part of the body
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