In the autumn the monarch butterfly flies from Canada to Mexico, which is a distance of approximately 3,200 kilometres (2,000 miles).
Taxol from hazelnuts
Taxol from hazelnuts A researcher from the University of Portland in
Oregon has discovered the cancer drug "taxol" in hazelnuts. Taxol
was first found in the Pacific yew tree, but as the number of trees
decline, new sources of the drug are needed. Taxol is widely used
for breast and ovarian cancers. 25 APRIL 2000
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