Sentences with word «taxol»

Therefore, this model could be used as a potential screen for novel analgesic compounds for treatment of taxol - induced peripheral neuropathy.

This sweet lady played her harp for me while going through my 6 hour taxol treatment.

These compounds might offer an alternative to drugs such as taxol, which attacks microtubules but has the side effect of damaging some nerve cells and decreasing a patient's white blood cell and platelet count.

«One example of how this opinion can change is the Pacific Yew, which was considered a trash tee until taxol, a compound found in its bark, was discovered to be a powerful drug against ovarian, lung and other cancers.

Smith, for example, recently found that the anticancer drug taxol can stabilize the microtubules in neurons, protecting them from catastrophic disassembly after a sharp shock.

After deciding she had nothing to lose, DeAngelis enrolled in a randomized trial — one that would ultimately define the role of taxol - based treatments, which have since become part of the standard cancer treatment repertoire.